Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow (into)
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The path forward for most districts, however, will require solving the same problems that helped hollow these programs out.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026 -
However, when considering the Chinese Communist Party’s national-level Military-Civil Fusion strategy, this restriction rings hollow.—
Jim Costa,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The installation reproduces local KGB archives on Stalin and facsimiles of historical artifacts of the 1960s placed around an AR reconstruction of Buddha in Nirvana, a forty-three-foot-long, 1,600-year-old clay statue of a reclining Buddha excavated in Tajikistan in the late ’60s.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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An inspector recommended excavating on her side to allow waterproofing the wall and installing a drainpipe.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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By then, Israeli intelligence had planted a bomb in a Revolutionary Guards guest house that, in addition to killing the political leader of Hamas in Gaza, also demonstrated its ability to penetrate the innermost sanctums of the Iranian regime.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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There may be multiple points where roots have penetrated.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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The title game will be March 4 at Unrivaled’s home arena in Miami, with a prize pool of $600,000 to be split among players from the championship-winning club.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Britain split away on the second leg, looking for better wind.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Others representing landlords said the number of price-gouging complaints had fallen off since April, signaling no need for extended protections.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office has filed seven price-gouging lawsuits — three civil, four criminal — ranging from individual landlords to housing companies such as Blueground and Airbnb.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Netflix‘s KPop Demon Hunters singing voice stars took the stage at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday evening, getting a game crowd grooving.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Feb. 2026
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Their greatest pleasure in life is seeing their favorite band play live — grooving out, going nuts, and dissecting every second afterward.—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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The fuel tanks ruptured, and the entire tail section fell off, along with the right wing.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Major blood vessels in Zavaleta’s brain ruptured and she was transported to UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma and received complex emergency surgery.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Although not a full Renaissance sleeve, Lela Rose slit into those on a few of her cocktail dresses, allowing subtle movement without veering too far into costume territory.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bleeding from a chest wound and still alive, Ronald Heath then kicked Sheridan, stabbed him in the neck and then tried to slit his throat, though the knife was too dull, court records say.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Burrow (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow%20%28into%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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