as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Recent Examples of cave
Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024
The rock art consists of a collection of petroglyphs and pictographs found inside a small cave next to the trail.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2024
Some of that has to fall on the struggles of netminder Kristen Campbell, but Larocque has been caved in more this season than we’re typically used to seeing.
—Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The skeleton of a fox that lived about 26,000 years ago was recovered from deep within a cave in the mountains of northeastern Utah, officials said, describing it as a rare and significant find.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024
The rock art consists of a collection of petroglyphs and pictographs found inside a small cave next to the trail.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
Fischer, though, cautioned the court against caving to public clamor or media criticism.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2024
Some of that has to fall on the struggles of netminder Kristen Campbell, but Larocque has been caved in more this season than we’re typically used to seeing.
—Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cave
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Nautical vampires aside, the caverns offer a unique experience for people to explore one of America's longest navigable underground rivers.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
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Today, the caverns hold evidence of both the Maya and the people who inhabited the region before them, as well as the fossils of prehistoric megafauna.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Comments cannot be edited or withdrawn once submitted to the portal.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The prime minister did not provide any further details on how the tax on non-EU home buyers would work or give any indication of when such proposals could be submitted to parliament for approval.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Butterfly Garden, for example, is set in a large conservatory designed as a tropical forest, with an 18-foot high grotto waterfall.Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2024
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Located in Ocho Rios on 35 oceanfront acres, the romantic resort offers its own mineral grotto and spring pool for rejuvenating dips.Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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Then, as Wrexham added two more after the break, Barrow and MK Dons capitulated against Gillingham and Mansfield Town respectively.Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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The fourth panel has only Hudson's trademark cursive writing, like lines in a ledger book, dedicating the quilt to the Native children who did not capitulate to the administrators and federal officials who carried out federal Indian boarding school policies.Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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And nearly all of them are beset by minority governments, weak majorities, shaky coalitions, or underwater leader approval ratings.Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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As Senior Editor Alex Greenberger wrote in his preview of the year, 2025 is beset with new biennials on multiple continents and high-profile museum openings.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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War has ravaged the land, and the Black Death has overrun the population.Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Some of the 1,250 defendants convicted of crimes after Jan. 6 called for the deaths of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat from San Francisco, and Mike Pence, who was Trump’s vice president, as the mob violently overran police and breached the building.Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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