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hole in the heart

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noun

    1. a defect of the heart in which there is an abnormal opening in any of the walls dividing the four heart chambers

    2. ( as modifier )

      a hole-in-the-heart operation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She has also been diagnosed with a hole in the heart that has to be repaired.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Their departures leave a hole in the heart of their sport.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022

It was now early June, nearly half a year after Nashville woke up to a Christmas Day bombing that ripped a hole in the heart of Music City’s historic downtown.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

“I learned much from him and he inspired me. Pete’s death is going to leave a hole in the heart of New Yorkers.”

From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2020

It is a sort of lying that makes a great hole in the heart, in which by degrees a habit of lying enters in.

From Daniel Defoe by William Minto

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