as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve
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Recent Examples of delve
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
To delve into Mansfield’s body of work is to see her more clearly.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The eight elements of Humility have a wealth of research supporting them and the first step is to delve into an exploration of what each has to offer.
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Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics from our news partner CalMatters.
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Chris Fusco
may 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Verb
Then delve into the boutiques of the Design District for some of Europe’s most eye-pleasing fashion and home decor.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
To delve into Mansfield’s body of work is to see her more clearly.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The eight elements of Humility have a wealth of research supporting them and the first step is to delve into an exploration of what each has to offer.
—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics from our news partner CalMatters.
—
Chris Fusco
may 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
Noun
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Jade and Tabitha were trapped below in the bone cave at the end of last week’s episode.
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Located on the outskirts of a town called Fureidis in northern Israel, the cave was due to be affected by construction work when archaeologists decided to investigate it.
Verb
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In addition to excavating the property, investigators have seized financial records, adoption records and business records.
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Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.
Noun
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Paul walks the cavern’s polished concrete floor, absorbs its hum, grazes its plastic surfaces with his fingertips.
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Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
Verb
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Senegal will really have to dig deep in order to come away with a point.
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While starter Tyler Phillips held steady for six innings, giving up five hits and two runs while striking out four, Alejandro Osuna and Elias Díaz each knocked in runs in the top of the eighth that dug the Marlins a hole their offense couldn’t come out of.
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The Italian-style grotto is a shady spot to visit on sunny days, with trees sheltering the pool and fountain.
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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.
Verb
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With the work now being migration, most programs are still shoveling, counting tasks and missing the structure.
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Since arriving Wednesday in La Guaira, Sosa has scrambled to pull people from the rubble with his old mining pickaxe and shovel in the absence of national rescue teams.
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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