cave
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Visiting the cave, which is filled with rocks, is not easy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
When suddenly, from the depths of this cave, he pulled out a very crumpled, brown paper bag with soft, ivory fabric peaking out between the twine handles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
The research team included specialist cave divers from the Cave Divers Association of Australia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The sinew binding felt faintly warm, giving him the courage to step down onto the cave floor.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Taylor says various examples demonstrate that keeping things underground, or deep inside caves, is an effective defensive strategy.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
By examining how these more recent bones were deposited and altered, the researchers aimed to understand how fossils belonging to extinct megafauna may also have entered underwater caves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
Later, merchants and government officials sponsored larger and more elaborately decorated caves to curry karmic favor on their journeys, as well as to promote their particular religious and aesthetic visions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
They were like gigantic black serpents, peering out from their caves.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
The brick wall of the house, in a quiet cul-de-sac of detached homes, was caved in near the front door with smoke marks visible to the upper floor.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Video showed at least three damaged cars, including a silver vehicle with its entire rear bumper and trunk caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
On Friday, just a couple of days after publicly insisting that the probe would go on, Pirro finally caved.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
There was a shattering of wood as the box caved in.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
History suggests they will hesitate before eventually caving to his will.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
Are we wrong for not caving or catering more to our out-of-town guests?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 26, 2025
You couldn’t be caught caving to an advertiser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
He said weightlifters can try to squat 500 pounds daily without days off, or attempt to squat 500 pounds with their knees caving in and buckling because of terrible form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
The look on his face, his life caving in.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
