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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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But small excavations between 2021 and 2024, brought on by Bolton's chance visit to the cavern, uncovered evidence of both humans and animals over more than 120,000 years.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

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

Located at the base of a 100-foot water drainage pipe, the sprawling secret cavern also contained a home gym, armchair and television.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

He stayed at the cavern mouth, deep in contemplation.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

It is, rather, “a series of fan’s notes, material brought back from some of the remoter caverns of Tolkien’s imagination, into which . . . critics and biographers have rarely strayed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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 have found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

Chip makers were one step ahead thanks to a diverse network of suppliers that allowed their plants globally to keep operating at pace, backed by extensive helium storage caverns and on-site inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

They flew straight for Regalia now, down wide, open caverns.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins


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