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 Swift Swift August 5, 2010 August 5, 2010 at 5:36:16 AM UTC link Permalink

One can also say that they are "drilling" a hole or, if they are using shovels or such equiptment rather than a drill, that they are digging a hole.

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They are boring a hole.

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