grotto

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Simon visited Derby on 5 December 2024 to meet children in a grotto at the Derbion centre.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Twenty years before Tatiana arrived, the tiger grotto was briefly repurposed to house two giant pandas, Yun-Yun and Ying-Xin, who passed through during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics before visiting again in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

At the side of the playground, there was a square of lawn, with a grotto – a small shrine centred on a statue of Mary.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

When I go, I wear a disposable hair net and pretend I’m a grotto nymph, crawling around the corners of my subconscious transporting me back in time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

She crouches against the wall of the grotto, knapsack in her lap.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr