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How to pronounce sinkhole
“sinkhole” pronunciation in American and British English
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“sinkhole” in real sentences
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It means sinkhole or depression.
60 Minutes
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morning a sinkhole shut down a runway at LaGuardia.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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It creates a kind of a sinkhole in space itself.
The Royal Institution
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the cavern, the overlying rock will collapse forming a sinkhole.
USGS
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