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cave

[kayv] / keɪv /


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"There was a part that was pitch black and there were three or four of us standing there in the cave, unable to see a thing," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

They spend a month in Samos, an island in the eastern Aegean, where Pythagoras dwelt in a cave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The team then compared its findings with oxygen isotope records preserved in nearby Tibetan cave deposits.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The site, dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish, is expected to start operations soon, but Posiva said no exact date had been decided yet.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

It wasn’t only the nearness of the cave, or terror of the bear.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The missions will search for underground caves that could shelter astronauts, investigate hidden deposits of lunar ice, and monitor environmental hazards that could threaten future explorers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

"They get up into the mountains and into these caves, where they make this beautiful tiling pattern," said Western Sydney University insect researcher Eleanor Drinkwater.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It happened on Dec. 11, 2001, while the U.S. bombed the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan and President Bush led a worldwide commemoration marking the three-month anniversary of 9/11.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

This strange realm of pointy peaks, rocky caves and soaring condors is California’s youngest and smallest national park, set in the underappreciated middle of California, where farms, ranches and vineyards blanket the valleys and hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

On cold winter nights and days grouse make small caves in the snow to keep from freezing and if they are caught in the caves they can be taken.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

On Friday, just a couple of days after publicly insisting that the probe would go on, Pirro finally caved.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

She resisted joining the club for decades due to the policy, but eventually caved after she got tired of attending events as someone else’s guest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

I finally just caved and wrote down the highlights from her lecture about the Importance of School Safety Rules.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Umer Karim, a researcher at the University of Birmingham, said the problem is the goal posts have moved and progress will depend on one side caving to the other’s interpretation of the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yet the trick of this irresistible groove is that it feels like a house party caving in on itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

All around them the world seemed to be caving in; the way of life that had existed in Odessa for sixty years was badly shaken.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger


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