basement
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Read more: Micron was started by a few guys in an Idaho basement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
So do the church basement, the neighborhood barbecue, the youth-sports sideline and the ferry queue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Recorded largely in the steamy, sweltering basement of Richards’ rented French villa, Nellecôte, “Exile” reeks of filth, decadence and decay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hernan Gil was working his shift as a security guard in the basement of a building in Venezuela on the afternoon of June 24 when he felt the earth shake.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
I’m tempted to go down to the basement and play Grace.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Others tried to get their cars out of the building basements, fearing an aftershock might make things worse."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
When the alarms sound in the city, the two students no longer go to underground shelters, preferring a "good sleep" in the safety of basements.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
In an old building, there is a good chance that infrasound is present, particularly in basements where aging pipes and ventilation systems produce low-frequency vibrations.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
With first-time buyers as their intended customers, the company’s innovations included lowering prices by building homes on slabs, instead of digging costly basements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Glass, pieces of Sheetrock, broken furniture, cups, nail polish, pans, hair brushes, mirrors, bottles, plates, rugs, clothes—almost everything imaginable floated in streams of water from apartments that looked like flooded basements.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
