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cave in

[keyv-in] / ˈkeɪvˌɪn /


















VERB
implode
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Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Four men who were trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for 10 days have been freed, Thai rescuers say - a day after another man was rescued.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The first of five men found alive after spending more than a week trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos has been freed.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The site is also close to a cave in the Wye Valley where some of the earliest evidence of post-ice-age humans in Britain was discovered.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

When he made his great chamber for the storing of food it was under a rock so that it could never cave in no matter how hard it rained.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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