burrow
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In one video, a female marmot chases away a male who got too comfortable in her burrow.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
Yet his creation continues to burrow into public consciousness, perhaps too deep to be dislodged by anything less than a scalpel—or a spoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
They can eat a quarter of their body weight in vegetation, burrow destructively and ravage waterways and ecosystems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
I was quiet, catching sight of the flakes and then losing them again, feeling myself burrow further into fear.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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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
"They like the nice grassy slopes and the burrows have already been dug out for them by rabbits and Manx shearwaters, which is our star bird on the island."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some create burrows in the ground, others use cavities in wood such as tree hollows or fallen branches, and some nest inside plant stems or small existing holes in twigs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
On top of the cliff, where the short turf was, there were myriads of puffins busy with their burrows.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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But as the months went on and they settled in, this canine version of “The Odd Couple” burrowed their way into my heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Cardiff grabbed their second try when replacement prop Southworth burrowed over from close range, but substitute Schickerling responded in kind with Glasgow's fifth of the evening.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Suddenly, the Irish tails were up and replacement prop Michael Milne burrowed over.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, known for her screenplays with the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team, also wrote short stories that burrowed into the lives of characters from around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Blackberry burrowed his way into the moss and ivy round the base of the thorn.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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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
No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Also detailed in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is the first record of another amphibian: the Mexican burrowing toad —Rhinophrynus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
South African prop Koch forced Gareth Thomas to concede a scrum penalty and gained his reward by burrowing over for a try.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
One boat, he saw, had a woman with a kanko on each shoulder and another burrowing in her hair.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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