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
Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics created by the nonprofit statewide news organization CalMatters.
—Chris Fusco
may 11, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Season two of the series is set to delve further into her character, Margo's backstory, while continuing the mystery after Abby's killer was revealed in the season one finale.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
To delve deeper into Vienna’s cultural heritage, seek out the Museum of Applied Arts, the Foto Arsenal Wien photography museum, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and, my personal favourite, the Leopold Museum, which boasts an astonishing collection of Austrian art.
—Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 8 May 2026
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Verb
Gone are the Labrinth needle-drops and kinetic camerawork — whip-pans and dolly zooms have given way to wide shots on 65mm, as its cast of hot young actors delve deeper into a vast wasteland where hope does not spring eternal.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 May 2026
Our voter guide stories also delve into who’s funding the races, and in some cases include searchable campaign-finance graphics created by the nonprofit statewide news organization CalMatters.
—Chris Fusco
may 11, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Season two of the series is set to delve further into her character, Margo's backstory, while continuing the mystery after Abby's killer was revealed in the season one finale.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
To delve deeper into Vienna’s cultural heritage, seek out the Museum of Applied Arts, the Foto Arsenal Wien photography museum, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and, my personal favourite, the Leopold Museum, which boasts an astonishing collection of Austrian art.
—Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
Noun
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Three Finnish expert deep and cave divers joined the mission and located the four bodies last week in the innermost chamber of the cave at a depth of around 200 feet, or 60 meters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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In the finale, Sam and his friends break into The Boroughs’ headquarters, kidnap Mother, and take her back to the desert cave where her powers took root.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Verb
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The intersection remained closed Sunday as crews worked to excavate and repair the line.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
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Their birth was a crucial waypoint on math’s inexorable march from the numbers and shapes that people encounter in everyday life into ever more abstract caverns of thought.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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The seas were rough and the wind was picking up late Thursday morning when a team of five experienced Italian divers plunged toward these pitch-black caverns off the Vaavu Atoll, about an hour south by speedboat of the capital Malé.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The wheels were set in motion, and Kubicek started digging to find out whether anything like it had been done before.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2026
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Dotted with palm and mossy cypress trees, the grounds host a 125,000-gallon, grotto-style pool with a slide and waterfalls, along with a basketball court and a dock.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 May 2026
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The centerpiece is the Grotto Pool, a sprawling tropical pool complete with waterfalls, a cave-like rock grotto, and a waterslide—and if your idea of a perfect pool day is recharging away from the noise, there's a lap pool on the property too.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Southern Living,
22 May 2026
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Harris’ infield single on a ball Hoerner tried to scoop and shovel with his mitt errantly got past first baseman Michael Busch, prompting Counsell to end Imanaga’s night at 96 pitches and right-handed hitting Ha-Seong Kim due up.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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In the medieval town of Belvì, men roast chestnuts—marroni—over an open fire in a frying pan the size of a swimming pool and then serve them to the crowd by shoveling them into troughs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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