burrow (into)

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Verb
  • In greater numbers than ever, children hollowed up by hunger are overwhelming the Patient’s Friends Hospital, the main emergency center for malnourished kids in northern Gaza.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
  • Gatsby the cipher is another symbol of the hollowing effects of the wealth pursuit.
    Brittany Allen July 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Despite laws in place intended to regulate export of these artifacts, almost all fossils excavated in Morocco end up on the commercial market, according to Martill.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Staff trained my students in how to properly excavate and handle artifacts and bones.
    William E. Watson, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Larger particles create spaces for water to move through and oxygen to penetrate.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But unlike their ocean cousins, these cells on freshwater jellyfish are too small to penetrate human skin and sting people, according to the Pennsylvania Sea Grant.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hudson was split between two buildings this year to accommodate quick enrollment growth, with sixth grade students attending class in one location, while seventh and eighth grade students attend another.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There are no plans to split off linear television since CBS is doing well and Par’s cable assets are a smaller percentage of its overall business now than at Comcast or WBD.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Both parties can reach across the aisle and agree that the bill on our tickets is no longer capitalism, or even gouging.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Untamed lingers on the body’s bluish decay and gouged limbs, a macabre counter to the suggestion that being outside will rejuvenate your spirit and your body.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • Its broad surface is grooved by a web of veins, like a leaf’s is.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
  • Disney Princesses Pocahontas, Snow White, Jasmine and Merida also wave to the crowd as dancers groove to brand new songs created just for the occasion.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • The video comes from a CCTV security camera recording along the trace of Myanmar’s Sagaing Fault, which ruptured in a magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • Batteries exposed to high temperatures can rupture and leak.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • The material is lightweight with short sleeves and slits on each side that provide a great cooling effect when walking.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2025
  • The blouse features a hint of a collar, soon-to-be-trending frog enclosures, and slits on the sleeves that mimic the trousers.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 July 2025
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“Burrow (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow%20%28into%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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