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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

At the end of this cavern is a corridor, which is almost 30 metres long and three metres across, and which leads to a second chamber of the cave.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Located between the Sahara tent and the Do Lab, the Bunker is a gigantic subterranean cavern with room for 300 or so people — a dark and cool respite from the blazing Indio sun.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

The first art objects were created not to adorn the body or decorate the cavern but out of an attempt to control or appease natural forces.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

Freshly excavated caverns 100m underground sit next to stores that have been used for sparkling wine, apples and cheese in recent years.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The 60 Gulf Coast salt caverns that make up the stocks can’t be drawn from or refilled at the rate at which they were designed, federal researchers found.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Fracturing wells, leaky pumps and other wear-and-tear are straining the Gulf Coast salt caverns that make up the reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 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

Doom, doom it rolled again, as if huge hands were turning the very caverns of Moria into a vast drum.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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