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cavern

[kav-ern] / ˈkæv ərn /
NOUN
hollow in land formation
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The 43-square-foot cavern was filled with colorful leather bags made by a local artisan named Iota Zaggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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

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

If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025

Inside the dark cavern is an old pink hybrid wedged between stacks of boxes.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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

The deterioration limits how much crude can be pumped into and out of the caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Benchmark U.S. natural-gas futures are trading about 10% below year-ago levels thanks to strong domestic production and comfortable spring weather that enabled traders to sock away fuel in storage caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The Helderbergs are made up of layers of limestone and shale, through which underground streams and rivers have carved miles of caverns.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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