cave
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“I’ll have the cave door shut,” Burruss said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Yet, every day ends with him retreating to his cave in exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
This season appeared to get off to a prosperous start until the roof began to cave in over in Austria.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Visiting the cave, which is filled with rocks, is not easy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She followed the gangly boy into the cave.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Taylor says various examples demonstrate that keeping things underground, or deep inside caves, is an effective defensive strategy.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
As the religion grew, travelers passing through Dunhuang started to carve caves into the nearby rock as places to pause and meditate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In some caves where enlightened paradise is depicted, it’s utopic: singers and dancers prancing in revelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Though stung, physically and emotionally, Sara carries on with a trip to the Devil’s Mouth caves because her recently deceased father visited them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“It’s the only forest around here with caves, and I’m pretty sure the Nightbeast is currently hibernating. Otherwise, it would be roaming around freely and eating witches.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
After fretting and weighing the pros and cons, I eventually caved and decided to start mine young.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
May and June were exceedingly dry, the main water pump conked out regularly, the roof of the ladies’ room caved in and the pro shop needed more scorecards, which are surprisingly expensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Though the judge in that case later found that bit of daylight to be a distinction without a difference, ABC caved and paid Trump $15 million.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
The back portion had fallen off, and the roof had caved in.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
It’s been a success, despite one 300-pounder busting through the net around his basketball court and the diving board caving under the strain of a back-flip competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
History suggests they will hesitate before eventually caving to his will.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
Are we wrong for not caving or catering more to our out-of-town guests?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 26, 2025
"I started caving when I was just 13 years old and I'm 71 years old now," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Somehow the land was caving in, pouring into the harbor.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
