burrow (into)

verb

Definition of burrow (into)next
as in to hollow

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  1. hollow
  2. excavate
  3. penetrate
  4. split
  5. gouge
  6. groove
  7. rupture
  8. slit
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  • The administration is accused of greenwashing and failing to address industrial glyphosate use, making its regenerative initiatives hollow.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • People with a medium need for cognition will understand that AI might hollow them out.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Definition of hollow
Verb
  • When decades-old music or books are excavated and celebrated — lately a common occurrence amid the retromania of our culture industry — the artists are often long gone.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Crews excavated an 8-acre basin in the infield to serve as a holding pond, while contractors rebuilt the culverts under the track and reinforced the road leading into it.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of excavate
Verb
  • This shampoo, for instance, contains salicylic acid to gently exfoliate and stimulate the scalp as well as strengthening molecules that penetrate deep into the cortex to minimize breakage.
    — Ellie Davis, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
  • While discussing the weapons, White allegedly gestured toward her torso and asked whether the guns could penetrate an agentâs body armor.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of penetrate
Verb
  • The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Wanda, a donkey, and Max, a horse, split their time between a farm upstate and a stable in the Bronx.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • Insurance carriers are often able to negotiate a better rate for the tow, if he was indeed getting gouged.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • During Fortescue’s early years, the environmental toll of gouging metals from the earth was all but an afterthought.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of gouge
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  • Michael Goessling remembers being eight years old and grooving to The Doobie Brothers.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His drive found the bunker down the left side, slightly down because of the rake grooves.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of groove
Verb
  • The line ruptured in the area of North 62nd Avenue and Arthur Street after it was hit by a construction excavator.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That timeline has been pushed back multiple times — to 2025, then to early 2026 and then, after a fuel tank ruptured during a pressure test, to late 2026.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of rupture
Verb
  • Afterward, Lindsay slit her wrists and neck, then jumped out of a second-story window.
    — Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Instead Justine shows up to slit his throat and take the baby from him, leaving him for dead; the child winds up disappearing with Holtz into a hell dimension.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of slit
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