burrowing (into)

present participle of burrow (into)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowing (into)
Verb
  • But was Alicia suddenly having the time of her life grooving to this classic?
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • Rinker, 71, had been wearing AirPods, grooving to oldies.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Archaeologists excavating an ancient cemetery in Cairo have found a cache of burial objects that could shed new light on funeral practices in one of Egypt‘s most important religious centers.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026
  • The one who is excavating the stories that their colleagues, clients, and team members need to share but don’t yet know how to.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The patched up, uneven Balboa Stadium track was so hard that regular artificial surface spikes had trouble penetrating it.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
  • Research has shown that when the device doesn't conform to the face, light just reflects away from the skin surface instead of penetrating it.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Despite more than 2,000 county gouging complaints and an Altadena family’s lawsuit alleging illegally tripled rent, officials say regular market forces and existing rent controls will now dictate prices.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • But these concerns have not gone unnoticed, as a bill is currently making its way through the California General Assembly that aims to cap resale prices as a way to limit ticket brokers and resale platforms from price-gouging fans.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Explore both options carefully, then, and don't discount the advantages of splitting your funds among both accounts, too.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • The case made its first emergency trip to the Supreme Court in February, 2022, when the Justices, splitting 5–4 (Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberals), overturned the lower court’s order and granted Alabama’s request that elections proceed that year under the discriminatory map.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The most recent controversy came in January, when the county paid $135,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused Kramer of improperly slashing a property’s value by millions of dollars — then retaliating against the employee who raised alarms about it.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • Police said the suspect was wearing a blue shirt and jeans when he was seen on security footage pouring milk on the vehicle and then slashing the tires.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • There is also more cutting required of bloomed flowers to initiate another flush, and more cleaning up and cutting secondary branches in spring.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • Barr rightly notes that current capital standards were already near the low end of what academic research identifies as optimal; cutting further tips the balance toward fragility, not strength.
    Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • An 18-year-old man who crashed into a Northglenn home last week, rupturing a gas line and killing his passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide, prosecutors announced Thursday.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Canada midfielder Marcelo Flores is out of the World Cup after rupturing an ACL in the Concacaf Champions Cup final.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 June 2026
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“Burrowing (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowing%20%28into%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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