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
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And because the pellets were some 30 meters away from the cave’s entrance, the team could rule out their incineration by a natural wildfire.
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Moaning Caverns and Calaveras cave tours Calaveras County's caverns offer guided underground tours, dramatic cave formations and a cooler alternative on hot summer days.
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The villa is still being excavated and studied, but archaeologists have so far uncovered a grand entrance hall with an atrium and sunken basin, known as an impluvium, surrounded by a mosaic floor with black and white botanical and geometric designs.
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Officials noted that it will be excavated through the narrowest part of the peninsula, connecting Moldefjord and Kjødepollen in the Vanylvsfjord region.
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Moaning Caverns and Calaveras cave tours Calaveras County's caverns offer guided underground tours, dramatic cave formations and a cooler alternative on hot summer days.
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The plan is to compress the green hydrogen gas and pump it deep underground for storage within custom-engineered, lined rock caverns.
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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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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.
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The garden fills a grotto on the north side of the gigantic 387-acre West LA campus, which was donated in 1888 specifically for use by veterans.
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Spielberg didn’t film those terrifying closeups of the shark – like when Jaws pops up as Brody is shoveling the bloody chump slick in the water — until Day 92.
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Dancers in tennis skirts twirled around with rackets while breaking to move plants and shovel dirt.
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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