burrow
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After hatching, the larvae burrow into the tissue and begin feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
This is an "active burrow", the conservationist said, explaining that the water voles have been "mushing" their droppings.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In one, a female marmot known as “1” chases away a curious male named “G” as he pokes around her burrow, screeching as they go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Diggers are already clearing parts of the OPP complex, shaking the ruins even as volunteers and families continue to burrow for the bodies of loved ones.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
But if you continue to burrow into the coded layers of her life, you will find another, more secret reason, too.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Some animals make short daily trips back to nests or burrows after searching for food, while others navigate across vast distances over weeks or months.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Trail parking lots there sit next to a boulder-strewn meadow where marmot mothers nurse their young in burrows, making nearby cars irresistible targets, said park spokeswoman Holly Streit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But wildlife experts are very familiar with the little penguins' burrows at Phillip Island and St Kilda, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
When my alarm goes off on the first morning of school, Boomer lets out a small groan and burrows deeper into the covers as I drag myself out of bed.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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She burrowed deep in the recesses of the early Obama administration, welding together the voluminous Affordable Care Act.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some lived in trees, others burrowed underground like moles, and species such as Megacauda sungei were adapted to life in water.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
But as the months went on and they settled in, this canine version of “The Odd Couple” burrowed their way into my heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
For the sequel, Disney marketers relied heavily on details from the 2006 original that have burrowed their way into the zeitgeist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
I went on rocking and crying, but my thought burrowed within, concentrated in a point deep in my chest, where there was room for only one truth: I must save Char.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Also detailed in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is the first record of another amphibian: the Mexican burrowing toad —Rhinophrynus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Construction appears ongoing at the site, which includes tunnels burrowing into the granite mountain from the east and west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The club's nickname 'Los Tuzos', translates to 'the gophers', referring to a burrowing rodent found in North and Central America and serving as a nod to their mining heritage.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
He takes hold of it and pulls it to his chest, hugging it, burrowing his face into it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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