as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Set on a Japanese island during wartime, the story follows two girls from an all-girls school who are ordered to nurse the wounded in a military hospital concealed in a cave as violence escalates around them.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Indeed, one snap shows the wall beginning to cave in underneath the shattered windows that still had the bar’s neon signs hanging above the collision.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Starting in Chiang Mai, travelers will trek into the mountains to visit remote villages and explore deep caves on a bamboo raft.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Set on a Japanese island during wartime, the story follows two girls from an all-girls school who are ordered to nurse the wounded in a military hospital concealed in a cave as violence escalates around them.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Verb
But unlike many of Warhol’s other victims, Duchamp doesn’t cave to the torture, because giving in would imply defeat.
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Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Indeed, one snap shows the wall beginning to cave in underneath the shattered windows that still had the bar’s neon signs hanging above the collision.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cave
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Moaning Caverns and Calaveras cave tours Calaveras County's caverns offer guided underground tours, dramatic cave formations and a cooler alternative on hot summer days.
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The plan is to compress the green hydrogen gas and pump it deep underground for storage within custom-engineered, lined rock caverns.
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While Warsh broke precedent by not submitting his projections for the federal funds rate, nine members of the FOMC see room for a hike before the end of 2026.
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And schools that delay submitting transfer paperwork until the last minute thinking investigators will be too busy to spot an error don’t understand the process.
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Aside from the flowing healing waters that proliferate throughout the property, there are a multitude of saunas, from Finnish to Latvian pirts to Switzerland’s largest infusion sauna, alongside a refreshing ice grotto.
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The garden fills a grotto on the north side of the gigantic 387-acre West LA campus, which was donated in 1888 specifically for use by veterans.
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Anger is growing in Kenya over his support for the construction of a US Ebola quarantine facility, with his critics accusing him of capitulating to American interests over those of Kenyan citizens.
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As Bangkok, Jakarta and Seoul capitulated one after another, the shockwaves rattled the global economy.
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And that’s not counting the Panthers, who were beset by injuries last season.
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The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
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In the 10th minute, Neil El Aynaoui pilfered the ball from Ryan Christie, then nearly capitalized on the ensuing counterattack, finding free space in front of an open net but overrunning Azzedine Ounahi’s cross.
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Before Monday’s deadly crash, the most recent incident involving a B-52 occurred in 2016 in Guam, after the plane overran the runway.
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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