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Eyelet tearouts happen. It may be a weak spot or an over tensioned spoke or unevenly tensioned spokes. I'd suspect that, given the paired spoke of this kind of wheel, that the spokes have to take a lot of load to keep the wheel together. Aluminum isn't the best material to take this kind of load and, with normal wheel flexure, it would eventually tear out. That's one of the reasons I don't ride boutique wheels.

It's not repairable. You need a new rim. Sorry.
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