as in caverns
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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Noun
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Riley Moss was the sociable hermit in the caverns of Iowa’s practice facility.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As a wolf, Enid excavates Wednesday and then sprints off into the night.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The region in New South Wales is renowned for its rivers, peaks, glacial lakes and caves.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Daniels was loath to pack the Scranton digs with new characters and drag the show on.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To keep things fresh, producers have ventured into hitherto uncharted baking grottoes.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Delves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delves. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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