cave
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When suddenly, from the depths of this cave, he pulled out a very crumpled, brown paper bag with soft, ivory fabric peaking out between the twine handles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The land above the cave… slid after the heavy rain that lasted throughout the night," Dagnachew Azbite, a senior local official, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The blending of the prosaic with the philosophical creates a recasting of Plato’s cave allegory, though Ms. Day’s proximate influences often seem more postmodern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
That possibility offers a more layered picture of prehistoric cave art.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
After a breathless search she worked out that the cave narrowed sharply to a slit.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
There are even exotic offerings like timber and salt caves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"This study has delivered the first framework for interpreting how megafauna fossils formed, survived, and changed in underwater caves," Miss Walker said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
By examining how these more recent bones were deposited and altered, the researchers aimed to understand how fossils belonging to extinct megafauna may also have entered underwater caves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
In some caves where enlightened paradise is depicted, it’s utopic: singers and dancers prancing in revelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And there are plenty of caves, most of them never visited by people—because people aren’t allowed to drive into a wilderness preserve.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
The photographer was shocked to see his studio roof had completely caved in.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
After fretting and weighing the pros and cons, I eventually caved and decided to start mine young.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
May and June were exceedingly dry, the main water pump conked out regularly, the roof of the ladies’ room caved in and the pro shop needed more scorecards, which are surprisingly expensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ultimately, the Populists caved to the pressure and abandoned their former allies.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
History suggests they will hesitate before eventually caving to his will.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
Are we wrong for not caving or catering more to our out-of-town guests?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 26, 2025
You couldn’t be caught caving to an advertiser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
He said weightlifters can try to squat 500 pounds daily without days off, or attempt to squat 500 pounds with their knees caving in and buckling because of terrible form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
“Katniss, she’s running this district. She can’t do it if it seems like she’s caving in to your will.”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
