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At every level, federal prosecutors allege grafters had honeycombed CityTime into a paragon of corruption.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2019

The insurgents had honeycombed the area around their base.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2017

Whatever the secret of those sculptured monsters, this much is historically certain, that a dualistic, profoundly pessimist belief had honeycombed Christianity throughout Provence and Northern and Central Italy.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon

Whatever primeval torrent had honeycombed the ledge had left it so before ever its waters had formed a straight passage through.

From Cow-Country by Bower, B. M.

They had lined the steep slopes with trenches, and had honeycombed them with shelters and dug-outs.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward