grotto
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Nativity play nerves, Santa's grotto queues and Christmas lights crowds can make the festive season a sensory overload for children even before the big day arrives.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
Twenty years before Tatiana arrived, the tiger grotto was briefly repurposed to house two giant pandas, Yun-Yun and Ying-Xin, who passed through during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics before visiting again in 1985.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
They lived in the tiger grotto and were fed at the Art Deco-style Lion House, built for the original Fleishhacker Zoo by the Works Progress Administration.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
At the side of the playground, there was a square of lawn, with a grotto – a small shrine centred on a statue of Mary.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
But the viselike grip against my ribs eventually lifted, and then, fingers clasping a sloping ledge, I pulled myself out into a small grotto.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing grotto
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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Bless Me, Ultima
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"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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