Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
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The young defender then crouched down and touched the ball with both hands, stopping it on the edge of the six-yard box.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Jinsu Elhance, a geospatial data scientist with SPUN, crouched to hammer the 7-inch-long metal cylinder into the soil.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sharon Lake was last dredged from 1986 to 1988.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
19 Mar. 2026
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The company also dredged the Batiquitos Lagoon at the border of Carlsbad and Encinitas in the winter of 2023 to maintain a restoration completed there in the mid-1990s.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Things are scary right now, but the Plums are still high school girls, huddled together in a strange place, their adrenaline levels high and their supervision levels suddenly low.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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The other photo shows two of the cubs huddled in a corner of a habitat, with one eyeing the camera timidly.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
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Scientists from China and then the UK excavated approximately 700 fossils during multiple visits between 2022 and 2025.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Further clearing continued throughout the 19th century, and the statue was fully excavated — exposing its paws and surrounding temple — by Émile Baraize between 1925 and 1936.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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He was hunched over, his shoulders rounded beneath the material of his dark blue blazer; his strong, square features were glistening with sweat.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Kids are still spending much of their classroom time hunched over a glass rectangle.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Beneath it, a man squatted on the pavement, staring at nothing in particular, a glass pipe drooping from his fingers.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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One associate dean couched the misstep as a result of learning pains tied to the adoption of new technology.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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And no matter what anyone does to look younger, Miller wants women to stop with the negative self-talk about aging that’s often couched in seemingly harmless jokes.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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