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basement

[beys-muhnt] / ˈbeɪs mənt /


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“There’s six of them and only one of me, and every time I leave the basement to go sweep a floor, they shove something else into it.”

From Literature

It’s like going down to the basement and finding the cat singing opera and folding laundry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maybe they live in their parents’ basement and vibe code all day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Banks says carrying out work like in Wapping is rather different to how archaeology is often portrayed on TV, with digs even occurring in a building's basement while the floors above it are being demolished.

From BBC

The difference is that Churchill’s attire was handmade, like the green velvet “siren suit” now preserved in a case in the basement of Turnbull & Asser.

From The Wall Street Journal