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Recent Examples of burrow
Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
The South American swamp rodents also burrow holes in levees, posing a threat to the state’s flood-control and water-supply infrastructure.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, they're named for their habit of using crayfish burrows that are mostly abandoned.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
That's right, some Ford vehicles could be able to dig soon, like the Pokémon move that allows users to burrow into the ground.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
The South American swamp rodents also burrow holes in levees, posing a threat to the state’s flood-control and water-supply infrastructure.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Still, they're named for their habit of using crayfish burrows that are mostly abandoned.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow
Noun
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According to computer simulations, these differences appeared to help lower disease transmission, reducing the risk of the fungal pathogen breaching the entire nest.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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The chimney sweep will identify whether your chimney requires cleaning to remove creosote build-up, animal nests, or debris.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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End-of-roster pickups Collin Gillespie and Jared Butler will have chances to claw their way into the rotation.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Benny Emmanuel stars as Vgly, a young rapper trying to claw his way to prominence while feuding with foes through beats and rhymes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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In the nearly two-minute preview, fans get a glimpse at how present her now-fiancé was behind the scenes, at one point crouching underneath the stage and grinning wide as the pop star bends down and kisses him on the cheek.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The lair goes undetected for six months.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Oct. 2025
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Following a trip to Bash Steed’s villainous lair, our trio returns home, where they’re confronted by Renée Zellweger’s Camila White.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lightly dredge chicken in flour, and shake off excess.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Usually, the question was couched in politeness, but my students (bless them) had not yet learned to be subtle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Particularly dangerous is that some of this language has been couched in religious terms, which turns political conflicts into identity ones that are far more difficult to resolve.—
Darren Kew,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Earlier in the day, Kardashian was spotted attending the All's Fair premiere in Paris wearing a baby blue vintage Dior by John Galliano gown from the house's Spring/Summer 2000 collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Seriously, the answers are like, not all that far from her house.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Archaeologists plan to continue analyzing these artifacts and excavating the area around the ancient basin.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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The artifacts were found by archaeologists excavating the Troy archaeological site, located in northwestern Turkey.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Burrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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