basement
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Read more: Micron was started by a few guys in an Idaho basement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I don’t know. I’ve been in my basement studio all day, so I don’t … I think it’s nice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It's 17:00 on Thursday in Bradford and as I approach a three-storey former country pub, drill music booms from the basement.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
One rescue worker told me that his team came on about 20 safe-deposit boxes in the basement of a collapsed building last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
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
Other local residents scurried to take cover in basements.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Blocks of flats in Yelets have designated shelters, too, in basements.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
One writer who signed his name “A Hint” said the cause of the fever was the stinking barrels of rotting garbage routinely found in backyards and basements.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
