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burrow

[bur-oh, buhr-oh] / ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ /
NOUN
hole dug by animal
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VERB
dig a hole
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Captain Harry Wilson was denied a try as his foot was in touch but just seconds later he did burrow over the line close to the posts.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

In one, a female marmot known as “1” chases away a curious male named “G” as he pokes around her burrow, screeching as they go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

When you burrow this deep into the subconscious, logic is beside the point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Diggers are already clearing parts of the OPP complex, shaking the ruins even as volunteers and families continue to burrow for the bodies of loved ones.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

He wanted to refute the idea that in the space of a day, the pesky badger had found a way to burrow into his heart.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Some animals make short daily trips back to nests or burrows after searching for food, while others navigate across vast distances over weeks or months.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But wildlife experts are very familiar with the little penguins' burrows at Phillip Island and St Kilda, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Constant nibbling of more than 200 species of plants means riverbanks thrive and their water front burrows improve soils.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

And this is by no means all they do: their burrows aerate the soil, keep it well drained, and aid the penetration of plant roots.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Last week, a young wolf burrowed under a fence at his zoo in the South Korean city of Daejeon and escaped - becoming the country's newest, furriest fugitive.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Suddenly, the Irish tails were up and replacement prop Michael Milne burrowed over.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

According to him, he had indeed burrowed into a trove of data from a large materials-science company, as his paper said he did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Dimple groaned and burrowed back into the covers.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Also detailed in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is the first record of another amphibian: the Mexican burrowing toad —Rhinophrynus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Construction appears ongoing at the site, which includes tunnels burrowing into the granite mountain from the east and west.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Once animals began actively burrowing through seafloor sediments hundreds of millions of years ago, these delicate features were often destroyed before they could be preserved.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Mr. Whiskers answered by burrowing deeper under the quilt.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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