underground

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All members of the Satyrex genus are fossorial, meaning they spend their lives underground.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Then there is Qeshm, the largest island in the Gulf and 75 times bigger than Kharg, where Iran is suspected of housing underground missile and drone sites.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

KoBold probed deeper underground than others had looked and discovered a vast deposit of high-grade copper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In fact the only underground address we had at the moment was the home of a woman named De Boer, not four blocks from the Beje.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom