as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Recent Examples of cave
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024
Histoplasma capsulatum is often found in soil enriched with bird or bat droppings, particularly in caves, chicken coops, and old buildings.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
France – and much of the world – despaired as the 860-year-old cathedral’s roof caved in, strewing the stone floor below with soot.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In the summer and fall (and as conditions allow), visitors can go caving in two of the lava tube caves.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024
Histoplasma capsulatum is often found in soil enriched with bird or bat droppings, particularly in caves, chicken coops, and old buildings.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
The answer must be that Tehran knew Moscow would cave, that Syria could not hold up without Russian backing, however much the Shiite proxies tried.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
France – and much of the world – despaired as the 860-year-old cathedral’s roof caved in, strewing the stone floor below with soot.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cave
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The 2024 underground wonderland offers a unique holiday experience with more than seven million points of light illuminating the cavern’s vast spaces.Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
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On a seemingly innocuous nature walk to some local caverns, Homer stupidly touches a giant stalactite and opens a hole in the ground through which the family falls.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Later in the day, the Democratic Party, which holds a majority in the assembly, submitted an impeachment motion against Han and passed bills calling for the appointment of three justices.Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Anyone with information on either killing can reach the Oakland police department’s homicide unit at 510-238-3821 or submit tips to 510-238-7950.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Butterfly Garden, for example, is set in a large conservatory designed as a tropical forest, with an 18-foot high grotto waterfall.Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 4 Dec. 2024
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Located in Ocho Rios on 35 oceanfront acres, the romantic resort offers its own mineral grotto and spring pool for rejuvenating dips.Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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The fourth panel has only Hudson's trademark cursive writing, like lines in a ledger book, dedicating the quilt to the Native children who did not capitulate to the administrators and federal officials who carried out federal Indian boarding school policies.Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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That is a big part of it but a team that has been imperious for so long shouldn’t capitulate like this because one player is out.Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Some of the states do not have returning electors, and these are the ones where criminal cases have been brought, though many of the cases have been beset by issues.Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The South Korean president has also been beset by scandal involving his wife, first lady Kim Keon Hee.Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Apparently, in real life, the warehouse was overrun by rats, climbing over mail bags, according to Major General Mari K. Eder’s The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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The thief, Olivia, and her attractive brother unexpectedly take Kai in, leading to a tense alliance that comes in handy when soldiers and other fantastical creatures overrun the town.Theara Coleman, theweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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