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cave in

[keyv-in] / ˈkeɪvˌɪn /


















VERB
implode
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Kai Wegner said officials would not cave in to the ransom demand, which came on Thursday evening.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Huling describes a cave in Florida that was walloped by a powerful, once-in-a-century hurricane, drowning almost all of the 4 million bats inside.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

The site is also close to a cave in the Wye Valley where some of the earliest evidence of post-ice-age humans in Britain was discovered.

From Science Daily May 13, 2026

His steps inside sounded hollow, like a sandstone cave in the cliffs.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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