basement
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By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
ICU nurse Lily Ku said staff were learning "how to move the hospital beds down to the basement and make the transition."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are around 12 flats in the block, three on each floor and a basement.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“The average videogame customer in America is closing in on 40 years old—we are not a bunch of 15-year-olds eating Doritos in the basement anymore,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Lily leads me into the basement, andI stop her halfway down the stairs when I hear Dad’s stressed voice above the dull rumble of the washing machine.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The metro is too far from her home and there are no decent shelters or basements nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Others tried to get their cars out of the building basements, fearing an aftershock might make things worse."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
In an old building, there is a good chance that infrasound is present, particularly in basements where aging pipes and ventilation systems produce low-frequency vibrations.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
With first-time buyers as their intended customers, the company’s innovations included lowering prices by building homes on slabs, instead of digging costly basements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
From the molten basements of the world, two hundred miles down, it comes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
