caving

present participle of cave

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caving
Verb
  • Defense lawyers also sought to bolster their argument by submitting more than 75 letters of support from Combs' family, former employees, friends and nearly a dozen inmates who have taken his business management class in prison.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Starting on Friday, anyone interested in applying for the role as interim county executive can apply on the county clerk’s website, submitting a short application and resume, McGee said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their settlement comes on the heels of figures including Barack Obama and Kamala Harris criticizing corporate executives for capitulating to the administration’s demands.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, capitulating to Trump can accelerate the erosion of broadcast TV.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Catatumbo remains the epicenter, with more than 42,000 hectares of coca crops —the third-largest concentration in Colombia— yielding over 330 tons annually.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Max Kranick didn’t help behind him, yielding Danny Jansen’s go-ahead two-run homer.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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