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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 group had been hunting for gold when they were cut off inside the cavern in an isolated part of the country after flash floods hit on 20 May.

From BBC ● May 29, 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

As we make our way into the vast cavern, my guide explains how Eberhard dissected samples and sent them to England for analysis.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024

It curved in a crescent-shaped arc, bringing Matthias back into the main cavern with its luminous lake.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The U.S. has released more than 128 million barrels from strategic salt caverns on the Gulf Coast in a bid to mitigate the impact of the monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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

In underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana, the U.S. government stores hundreds of millions of barrels worth of oil in case of energy shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, inventories in the government-run Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a system of salt caverns on the Gulf Coast, keep falling and sit at the lowest level since 1983.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin


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