as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve
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Recent Examples of delve
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
To delve into Mansfield’s body of work is to see her more clearly.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The eight elements of Humility have a wealth of research supporting them and the first step is to delve into an exploration of what each has to offer.
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Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics from our news partner CalMatters.
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Chris Fusco
may 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Verb
Then delve into the boutiques of the Design District for some of Europe’s most eye-pleasing fashion and home decor.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
To delve into Mansfield’s body of work is to see her more clearly.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The eight elements of Humility have a wealth of research supporting them and the first step is to delve into an exploration of what each has to offer.
—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics from our news partner CalMatters.
—
Chris Fusco
may 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
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Now, visitors to Peleliu can explore the island’s cave systems and see tanks, cannons and other objects left in situ.
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And who can forget the frightening ice cave robot named Box, perfectly portrayed by Roscoe Lee Brown inside a shiny android suit?
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In addition to excavating the property, investigators have seized financial records, adoption records and business records.
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Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.
Noun
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There is a parallel track in Sanders’s life; one that leads towards the deep caverns of the manosphere.
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Moaning Caverns and Calaveras cave tours Calaveras County's caverns offer guided underground tours, dramatic cave formations and a cooler alternative on hot summer days.
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Senegal will really have to dig deep in order to come away with a point.
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While starter Tyler Phillips held steady for six innings, giving up five hits and two runs while striking out four, Alejandro Osuna and Elias Díaz each knocked in runs in the top of the eighth that dug the Marlins a hole their offense couldn’t come out of.
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The Italian-style grotto is a shady spot to visit on sunny days, with trees sheltering the pool and fountain.
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Aside from the flowing healing waters that proliferate throughout the property, there are a multitude of saunas, from Finnish to Latvian pirts to Switzerland’s largest infusion sauna, alongside a refreshing ice grotto.
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Spielberg didn’t film those terrifying closeups of the shark – like when Jaws pops up as Brody is shoveling the bloody chump slick in the water — until Day 92.
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Dancers in tennis skirts twirled around with rackets while breaking to move plants and shovel dirt.
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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