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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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2025
Actors Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald were there with Robert Smigel and his Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Beyond the partisan arguments about whether anti-Trump comics are funny is a broader fear about institutions caving to Trump and removing room for dissent.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
In the karst mountains of northern Spain, a cave once held an ancient family.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Warners caved and dropped a three-minute trailer on YouTube for the David Ayer DC movie a year in advance to counter the fan footage that was leaking online.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2025
Actors Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald were there with Robert Smigel and his Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Beyond the partisan arguments about whether anti-Trump comics are funny is a broader fear about institutions caving to Trump and removing room for dissent.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Verb
However, their vision for that restaurant is a dimmer, natural cave atmosphere that the light, airy Mont building wouldn’t quite capture.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
In the karst mountains of northern Spain, a cave once held an ancient family.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Earthquakes have shaken the cavern repeatedly and back in the day, when the government was testing nuclear weapons farther west at the Nevada Test Site, an underground blast would cause the water to ripple.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Little detail is known about exactly what each of the underground caverns held or when, but etchings by 18th-century Italian classical archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi show it as a lively part of the city center.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Per the Times, Osbourne's daughter Aimee submitted the death certificate at a registry in London.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Only members of the AFA may submit nominations, and all submissions will be assessed by the full ARIA Voting Academy.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
5 Aug. 2025
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Wine grapes cascade through the underground grottoes.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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The show looks great, too, its grotto set (by Arnulfo Maldonado) lit in hot pinks and purples (by Bradley King) that are complemented by costumes (by Dede Ayite) of astonishing vivacity.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Witkoff traveled to Moscow in a last-ditch effort to get Putin to capitulate to Trump’s and Western calls for an end to the war, though the Kremlin chief was not expected to make great concessions in ending his war ambitions ahead of the trip.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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While both sides do make gains, and this by no means represents Brussels capitulating to Beijing, China has clearly gotten the better deal.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Indonesia’s second-quarter growth unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest pace in two years, with exports and investment helping an economy that’s beset by weak loan growth and mass job losses in manufacturing.—
Grace Sihombing,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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We are beset by panhandlers, shouted at by unstable wanderers, and forced to abandon our own plans to the claims of others who have made public places theirs exclusively.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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On March 11, 1968, Vietnamese commandos overran the site in Laos with grenades and mortars, and the American men sought safety on a narrow ledge atop the mountain.—
Lauren Brensel,
Sun Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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In nearly identical claims, the attorneys alleged the city failed to maintain a safe runway safety area and runway protection zone at Falcon Field Airport and failed to install a form of barrier to prevent an aircraft from overrunning the runway and entering the public roadway.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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