basement
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Once, someone laid down a broken door, which they had stored in their basement, underneath a car.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Steel balustrades from an old staircase found in the basement were repurposed as legs for apartments' bathroom sinks.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
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
In a surprising gesture of kindness, he pats me on the shoulder before grabbing a drink from the fridge and retreating back into the basement.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
Blocks of flats in Yelets have designated shelters, too, in basements.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Average Soviet citizens had no money for private bunkers, so the focus was on building public shelters in the basements of large buildings.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
