make a hole in
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"The idea was to buy a phone which did not make a hole in my pocket and had good features. I am happy with the phone I have purchased," she says.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023
“So every time I go back with my daughter and make a hole in the ice I’m right back, I’m 4-years-old lying on the reindeer fur trying to get fish. It’s a very positive emotion.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
And she heard this banging and smashing like somebody was trying to make a hole in the wall.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2021
In general, frog embryos use enzymes released from special "hatching glands" to make a hole in the egg membrane.
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2016
To this he added some pulverized, dried grass, worked almost into flour, and when it was all together, he gently used his finger to make a hole in the middle.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
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