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- noun A
hole in aroad made byprecipitation andtraffic . - noun A deep
cylindrical hole worn inrock (e.g. inlimestone caves ) by water.
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Examples
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Climate change may be the 10% extra that makes this situation so danged bad this time for Fargo-Moorhead, but the decimation of pot-hole topography, intensive tillage, recent removal of riparian areas for more ethanol fuel source, etc, are all locally contributing factors.
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In the area that I live in, I have actually seen crews repairing our rotten, pot-hole pocked streets.
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If you work long enough, even in high growth businesses or organizations, the inevitable bump in the road comes along, and sometimes that bump is more like a pot-hole or a ditch.
Buck Goldstein: Innovation Economics: The Pie Must Get Bigger Buck Goldstein 2010
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Possibly: one pot-hole fixed could save millions in health care, by preventing one accident.
The Saturday Word: Roads and Cars - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Totally meant to go on the Portland ride, but I had an unfortunate incident involving my beard, a poorly fastened SPD sandal, an opossum carcass, an unexpected pot-hole full of industrial effluent, a well-sealed package of mustard, an overly dry sandwich, the twitchy handling of my race recumbent, and a heated conversation about which Farrah Fawcett poster was the best one it's the one with the nipple.
BSNYC Road Dairy: Belated Birthdays and Happy Returns BikeSnobNYC 2010
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We crossed back into the mosquito and pot-hole squalor of our own neighbourhood.
Archive 2008-11-01 zombietron 2008
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We crossed back into the mosquito and pot-hole squalor of our own neighbourhood.
Ramal zombietron 2008
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We all gripe when our cars hit a pot-hole on the street which is natural.
Teabag protesters should ask if Rupert Murdoch has paid his fair share of taxes 2009
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Sometimes the main highways are more pot-hole than road.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - travel trailer anonymous 2007
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Websites such as Neighbourhood Fix-It perhaps point the most powerful way ahead - why phone or e-mail your local councillor to report a pot-hole or faulty street-light if you can alert the local council directly?
Archive 2007-03-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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