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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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Air Products—a major supplier and distributor of helium, serving customers in electronics, aerospace and medical imaging—said drawing on its storage cavern in Beaumont allowed it to service clients despite curtailments from Qatar.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The cave, an underwater system which extends for hundreds of meters through multiple chambers and internal passages, begins with a first large, bright cavern with a sandy bottom.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

He soon grew to love the cavern system, which dates back 350 million years, and by the age of seven he had explored it more than 100 times.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

For the typically still-water environment, the waves disrupted the shallow shelf that the pupfish use as a spawning area, likely knocking eggs deep into the cavern.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

A dim light had to be coming from·somewhere, because he made out a vast, shadowy cavern.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Benchmark U.S. natural-gas futures are trading about 10% below year-ago levels thanks to strong domestic production and comfortable spring weather that enabled traders to sock away fuel in storage caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Teddy Thompson’s voice is a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy and caverns of heartache.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

The reserve’s oil is held in storage in 60 underground salt caverns in four locations in Texas and Louisiana.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

Teddy Thompson possesses one of those voices, a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy — though not in excess; he’s English — and caverns of heartache.

From Salon May 15, 2026

“We went to these caverns in Tennessee once. A real rip-off tourist trap. What were they called?”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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