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cave in

[keyv-in] / ˈkeɪvˌɪn /


















VERB
implode
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Those excavations were designed to determine how people collected and used plants inside the cave in the distant past.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Yet, every day ends with him retreating to his cave in exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

This season appeared to get off to a prosperous start until the roof began to cave in over in Austria.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Mr. Huling describes a cave in Florida that was walloped by a powerful, once-in-a-century hurricane, drowning almost all of the 4 million bats inside.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Hazel hadn’t felt anything like it since the cave in Alaska where Gaea had forced her to resurrect Porphyrion the giant king.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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