basement
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“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
So do the church basement, the neighborhood barbecue, the youth-sports sideline and the ferry queue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Don’t miss: Micron was started by a few guys in an Idaho basement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gil was on duty in the basement of the Sol Marino Garden Residences in Catia La Mar, on the Venezuelan coast, when at 6:04 p.m. on that Wednesday, the earth shook and swallowed him.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Two of his co-workers, who had been sent to the basement of unit 4 to check the status of the reactor, drowned.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The metro is too far from her home and there are no decent shelters or basements nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Others tried to get their cars out of the building basements, fearing an aftershock might make things worse."
From BBC ● Jun. 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
These people would have secret get-togethers, too, usually in someone’s flat or in empty basements that had been converted into clubs.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
