basement
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The result was a 45,000-square-foot vaulted basement so deep that the entire memorial could have fit inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
ICU nurse Lily Ku said staff were learning "how to move the hospital beds down to the basement and make the transition."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are around 12 flats in the block, three on each floor and a basement.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Together they had done over a dozen so far with the costumes, along with others where they just used Anat’s voice over photos and pictures Molly had found in their basement.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The metro is too far from her home and there are no decent shelters or basements nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 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
Blocks of flats in Yelets have designated shelters, too, in basements.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Ever since his trip beneath Rome with Piper and Percy, fighting those twin giants in the hypogeum under the Colosseum, most of his nightmares were about basements, trapdoors, and large hamster wheels.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
