gaping
Britishadjective
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"There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
New York City faces a gaping hole in its budget projected at as much as $12 billion over the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Then, with a cry, he flung himself into the Crochan’s gaping mouth.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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