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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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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

They can eat a quarter of their body weight in vegetation, burrow destructively and ravage waterways and ecosystems.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Rather than building large dams, they sometimes burrow into riverbanks, but often the evidence is more visible.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Their favorite sleeping places were hollows under uprooted trees where they were sheltered from the wind, and able to burrow down among the drifted leaves for warmth.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

That marked a drop of nearly a third from the 52,000 burrows thought to be in use during the last survey of its kind in 2024.

From BBC Sep. 4, 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

Some create burrows in the ground, others use cavities in wood such as tree hollows or fallen branches, and some nest inside plant stems or small existing holes in twigs.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

Bigwig and some of the other rabbits had already begun enlarging their burrows in preparation for Holly’s return.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But as the months went on and they settled in, this canine version of “The Odd Couple” burrowed their way into my heart.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Cardiff grabbed their second try when replacement prop Southworth burrowed over from close range, but substitute Schickerling responded in kind with Glasgow's fifth of the evening.

From BBC May 8, 2026

For the sequel, Disney marketers relied heavily on details from the 2006 original that have burrowed their way into the zeitgeist.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

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

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

Moment by moment, I realized how deep into me all his stories had burrowed.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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

Elsewhere, some tech is burrowing into the seabed.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

Cora marched past them, bent as if burrowing her body into a gale.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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