burrow (into)

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Verb
  • Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Other mining jobs include continuous mining machine operators, excavating/loading machine and dragline operators, and construction equipment operators.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With an operational range between 1,800 (1,100) and 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), the DF-17 is designed to penetrate missile defenses through unpredictable maneuvers at Mach 5 to Mach 10 speeds.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Outside of Hulu’s recent hit King of the Hill revival, Daniels’ work in the streaming era, with shows like Upload and Space Force, has been creatively uneven, while also failing to penetrate the zeitgeist in the way his earlier series did.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The best way to remove algae, dirt, mildew, and other debris from your deck is with a pressure washer, but be careful not to gouge the wood by getting too close.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Last year, Burns attempted to gouge his wife's eye out during an altercation.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
    Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Those vehicles have a rear brake hose that may rupture and leak brake fluid, and a brake fluid leak could increase the distance drivers need to stop their vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash, Ford said.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But triggers like a viral infection or stress hormones can rupture the plaques, reawakening the bacteria.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That's when the state is planning to put Ralph Menzies to death for the murder of 25-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was found tied to a tree with her throat slit nearly 40 years ago.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Burrow (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow%20%28into%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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