from below

idiom

: from a lower place
I felt a draft from below.

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Anchored to the ocean floor, the curtain would act as a physical barrier, limiting the flow of warm seawater that melts the ice shelf from below. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026 Other defects ranged from below-code electrical wiring, lighting, fire protection and egress to stairs, sprinklers, fire caulking and emergency lighting. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 This shift will take temperatures from below normal to above normal in just a few days. Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026 On Thwaites itself, part of the team will try today to drop a fiber-optic cable through a 3,200-foot borehole in the ice, near the glacier’s grounding line, where the ocean is eating away at it from below. Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from below

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“From below.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20below. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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