burrow
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This is an "active burrow", the conservationist said, explaining that the water voles have been "mushing" their droppings.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In one, a female marmot known as “1” chases away a curious male named “G” as he pokes around her burrow, screeching as they go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Diggers are already clearing parts of the OPP complex, shaking the ruins even as volunteers and families continue to burrow for the bodies of loved ones.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Some bee species burrow holes in wood or in the ground, or use empty structures for nests. Some species in Europe and Africa even build their nests in empty snail shells,"
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Luke tried to burrow back down into the anger, the anxiety, but it was impossible with Annie leaning on top of him.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Some animals make short daily trips back to nests or burrows after searching for food, while others navigate across vast distances over weeks or months.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But wildlife experts are very familiar with the little penguins' burrows at Phillip Island and St Kilda, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We're finding more and more burrows every time we come," said Trevelyn-Ashby.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He held the flashlight for me so I could sneak up on any holes I had found earlier in the day, thinking they might be tarantula burrows.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The two-year-old male, named Neukgu, burrowed under a fence at Daejeon O-World zoo and theme park in the central city of Daejeon on Wednesday, officials said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Suddenly, the Irish tails were up and replacement prop Michael Milne burrowed over.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
I looked at it, at a piece of glass, small as a stub of diamond, burrowed in a puckered setting of skin.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Elsewhere, some tech is burrowing into the seabed.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Construction appears ongoing at the site, which includes tunnels burrowing into the granite mountain from the east and west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Just civilian volunteers burrowing through the jagged piles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Cora marched past them, bent as if burrowing her body into a gale.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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