basement
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Once, someone laid down a broken door, which they had stored in their basement, underneath a car.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Then he attempted to check the basement — where the bathrooms and storage are located — and found it fully flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
So do the church basement, the neighborhood barbecue, the youth-sports sideline and the ferry queue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It's 17:00 on Thursday in Bradford and as I approach a three-storey former country pub, drill music booms from the basement.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He took the Post-it note from Jonah’s hand and walked to the other side of the basement, where couches and chairs clustered around a huge entertainment center.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
Other local residents scurried to take cover in basements.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
We visited a few of them, hidden away in basements of wrecked buildings or nondescript village houses.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
While students and teachers hoped their desks and basements would stand up to the power of a nuclear blast, the country’s leaders also prepared for a possible attack—in high style.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
