caving

present participle of cave

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Verb
  • Tomer-Yerushalmi is also suspected of allegedly misleading the High Court of Justice, and senior military and justice officials, about the leak of the footage and even submitting a false affidavit to the court.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Miami’s top Catholic leader Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who turned 75 this month, will be submitting a retirement letter to the Vatican.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The government’s response only deepened the criticism that the world’s largest democracy was apparently capitulating to the Taliban, which has been diplomatically isolated over its treatment of women and girls.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Guerrero and his Blue Jays teammates are nowhere close to capitulating, down 2-0 in a best-of-seven format.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even though only 10 Middle Eastern countries are fielding titles, the region is yielding its most competitive lineup in years.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Compare that to cash in a savings account earning less than 1% nowadays — or even the best money market accounts yielding 4%, roughly the same as the 10-year Treasury .
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • To his sons, however, the Party offers meaning and purpose—a powerful countervailing force to the lack of prospects besetting their generation, which had been decimated by the Great War.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Caving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caving. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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