as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy
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While the conflict has impacted the availability of ISO-tanks, specialized vessels that carry helium, Zekauskas pointed out that Linde has a large storage cavern for its helium inventories — specifically for roughly one half year of global demand.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Here's what to know about the SPR, a network of salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana that can hold up to 714 million barrels of crude.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Its attractions include a mossy, cool grotto of ferns as well as vast views of Ashdown Forest and distant towns.—
Amy Waldman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Scottish singer-songwriter and activist visited Mexico this week incognito to explore the Mayan underworld, or Xibalbá — a system of caves, rivers, and underground lakes that wind beneath the Yucatan Peninsula.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Creature carries Elizabeth's bleeding body to a cave.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Grot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grot. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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