BURROWED (INTO) Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

burrowed (into)

verb

past tense of burrow (into)

as in excavated

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Precious objects slowly being excavated Archaeologists have been working at this dig site since 2009, according to lead archaeologist Rick Knecht.

— Samantha Watson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
To build it, workers excavated large chunks of the Judaean Hills and installed four steep escalators to steer passengers to the platforms below.

— Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

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But Schlittler grooved a 95-mph cutter to Grissom in the seventh, and the Angels first baseman drove it over the center-field wall for a a 1-1 tie.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Oswalt grooved a get-me-over fastball for a strike, then Mueller drilled a hard ground ball that third baseman Morgan Ensberg stabbed.

— Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of grooved

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My brother and sister-in-law were nice enough to rent me a room in their house, which is very close to work.

— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2026
In other words, based on these figures, someone who decides to rent a 50-square-meter apartment in the capital will be spending about $15,894 (13,980 euros) a year on housing, which amounts to nearly half of the average salary.

— Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 27 Sep. 2026

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The urgency behind Warsaw’s push this month was underscored within hours of Nawrocki’s remarks in New York, when a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter briefly penetrated Polish airspace from Russia’s Kaliningrad region.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Foremost among these is Google, whose Chromebook laptops and Google Workspace for Education software have penetrated a super-majority of districts; Apple and Microsoft’s devices and classroom software hold a more modest share of the K-12 market.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

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This natural process splits water molecules and steadily produces pure hydrogen gas within the surrounding rock formations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
The two began dating in 2021 following Giancola’s split from ex-fiancé Christian Biscardi.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

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