caving in
Example Sentences
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The roof can be caving in or they can be well-loved properties with absentee owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The state refused to allow food to be sent down or anyone to help retrieve the miners, only caving in after several successful court applications.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
“The roof is caving in, the screen is being pulled out and you only have a certain number of times where things can fall apart because they can’t put it back together,” Perea says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
Instead of caving in, the northern European country asked for help.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
As the hole grew wider, parts of the surface kept caving in.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
