beneath
Example Sentences
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Two men were caught in the avalanche while snowshoeing on Wednesday, trapping one beneath the snow while the other escaped unharmed and was able to raise the alarm from a nearby mountain refuge.
From Barron's
The ceremony was held under the grand tiled arches of the station beneath City Hall.
Back-to-back stormy winters weakened the slopes beneath portions of the highway and burn scars above it made the hills vulnerable to rockslides.
From Los Angeles Times
That means getting a traditional mortgage is not an option if your home is on wheels and you don’t own the land beneath it.
From MarketWatch
That distinction—form over size—helps explain why China’s economy looks weak in the headline data yet more resilient beneath the surface.
From Barron's
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