burrowing

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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

The pattern closely resembles the scales seen in modern worm lizards, which are small burrowing reptiles still alive today.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

“Sinners” is ambitious, perfectly crafted pop moviemaking that got pulses racing in the theater while burrowing earwormy ideas about music and liberation into your head.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

But Zhao and O’Farrell’s screenplay consistently reverts to histrionics and outsized displays of emotion, never once burrowing into how either William or Agnes really feels.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Cora marched past them, bent as if burrowing her body into a gale.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead