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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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Rasuwagadhi’s acting chief executive, Pushkar Amatya, deployed crews and equipment in a last-ditch search for people who might be trapped in the facility’s transformer cavern, but found no one there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

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

And Hazel saw herself in a vast cavern filled with strands of light like a luminous web.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

European gas-storage facilities are spread across the Continent, from tank farms to massive underground caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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 avoided shortages through diverse supplier networks, long-term contracts, and extensive helium storage caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She would often sit with Bran beside their little fire, talking of everything and nothing, petting Summer where he slept between them, whilst her brother wandered the caverns by himself.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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