cave
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“I felt a bit like a cave man who found fire,” said Koss, who is based in Zug, Switzerland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Near brightly lit cave entrances, several kinds of algae and plants grew in the water.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The land above the cave… slid after the heavy rain that lasted throughout the night," Dagnachew Azbite, a senior local official, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Almásy shelters Katharine in a cave and goes off to get help, eventually evading arrest and stealing an airplane to rescue her.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
He hated edging through the crack – it reminded him of the cave -but when he got to the other side, he gasped.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Bones recovered from underwater caves can provide an extraordinary record of the distant past.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Together, these 492 caves covered in over 400,000 square feet of murals form an unparalleled palimpsest of a millennium of Chinese art history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As the religion grew, travelers passing through Dunhuang started to carve caves into the nearby rock as places to pause and meditate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And, as she is assured repeatedly, they are freshwater caves so she doesn’t have to worry about pesky ocean critters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Indeed it was, Patricia. Because I’m going to completely finance this tower with what we find in the caves underneath your ramshackle old school!”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
May and June were exceedingly dry, the main water pump conked out regularly, the roof of the ladies’ room caved in and the pro shop needed more scorecards, which are surprisingly expensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
"The roof is completely caved in along the back of the wall and it just brings in other fears and further concerns about the structural integrity and safety of the building," she added.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Both theaters are still in business today, but the Rockford Theatre, whose roof caved in during a particularly heavy snowfall in early 2023, has yet to reopen.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
I finally just caved and wrote down the highlights from her lecture about the Importance of School Safety Rules.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Yet the trick of this irresistible groove is that it feels like a house party caving in on itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Paakkarinen was careful not to go into detail but said "the equipment we found them with wasn't optimal. They weren't using underwater caving gear".
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The roof can be caving in or they can be well-loved properties with absentee owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
History suggests they will hesitate before eventually caving to his will.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
She looks like she is crumbling inward, caving like a terrible weight is pressing on her.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
