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cave

[kayv] / keɪv /


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Mr. Bond guides readers through ancient depictions of animals, including the gorgeous array of prehistoric cave paintings, with their mixture of dangerous predators and powerful herbivores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The bat will think, “Oh, look at this lovely cave that’s just been created .... let me just roost up in here,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Formed in 1935, it currently has more than 80 volunteers who regularly attend mountain and cave rescues, as well as assisting in other public service incidents.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We once lived in a house above ground, where you could see the world. But today, we live in an underground cave that resembles a grave," Emar said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

They’d step out of the cave, and all the trees would be gone; the newly built houses would be ancient and falling down.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"They get up into the mountains and into these caves, where they make this beautiful tiling pattern," said Western Sydney University insect researcher Eleanor Drinkwater.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Visitors to Les Combarelles, Rouffignac, Lascaux and the other caves are often profoundly moved by what they find,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It's two or three games. It's two or three games too many because I really hate losing, but that doesn't mean the world caves in. In some minds it does, it can't for us."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

This strange realm of pointy peaks, rocky caves and soaring condors is California’s youngest and smallest national park, set in the underappreciated middle of California, where farms, ranches and vineyards blanket the valleys and hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Maybe these caves continue for kilometers, just like those in New Zealand.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

"The roof is completely caved in along the back of the wall and it just brings in other fears and further concerns about the structural integrity and safety of the building," she added.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Supposing the weight collapsed the earth, caved in the storage room and trapped them?

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Umer Karim, a researcher at the University of Birmingham, said the problem is the goal posts have moved and progress will depend on one side caving to the other’s interpretation of the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yet the trick of this irresistible groove is that it feels like a house party caving in on itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Somehow the land was caving in, pouring into the harbor.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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