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Recent Examples of burrow
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 June 2025
In addition to birds, other wildlife like rabbits and deer can wander onto runways or damage equipment by foraging, burrowing, nesting, or relieving themselves.
—New Atlas, 9 July 2025
Alessia Sandala, Nashville Tennessean, 21 July 2025
In fact, Dr Erdman and collaborators encountered only one specimen of this striking purple-black fish, peeking at them through large yellow eyes from a small burrow at the top of a large coral bommie.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Noun
To that end, Prosperous Fools may navel-gaze, but Mac tends to burrow through the navel into the flesh below.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 June 2025
In addition to birds, other wildlife like rabbits and deer can wander onto runways or damage equipment by foraging, burrowing, nesting, or relieving themselves.
—New Atlas, 9 July 2025
Verb
The insects' larvae burrow into ash trees and feed on the tree's inner bark, preventing nutrients and water to flow properly.
—Alessia Sandala, Nashville Tennessean, 21 July 2025
In fact, Dr Erdman and collaborators encountered only one specimen of this striking purple-black fish, peeking at them through large yellow eyes from a small burrow at the top of a large coral bommie.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow
Noun
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This season, which started out so strong, just limps to the finale like Peg-Leg Pete stumbling through a termite nest.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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There were 12 to 15 circular nests easily visible within about a 10-by-15-foot area next to the shore, with each one being guarded by a male pumpkinseed swimming in place in the middle of each nest.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Matthieu Pavon Matthieu Pavon tried to claw his way back into the tournament after an opening-round 76, following it with an even par 71 in the second round.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Horizontal ones are for those who tend to enter a room and immediately claw the carpet.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Sydney Sweeney crouches in a denim shirt and jeans from the 2025 American Eagle collection.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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The one crouched behind 1,600 pounds of offensive line?—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 July 2025
Noun
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For those who haven't seen it, Kiss play themselves facing down an evil inventor who keeps his secret lair in an amusement park.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Julie then said something about the mastermind's lair exploding, and, before commercial break, the show naturally flashed a fake shot of a lair exploding out in the wilderness.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Workers dredged the Great Brook afterward, using bulldozers to clear unsightly logjams (which can act as natural flood barriers), and rechannelled the stream.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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This week, however, a 146,000-year-old skull dredged out of a well in China in 2018 may just be a key missing piece to this cryptic evolutionary puzzle.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
21 June 2025
Verb
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Carrie Underwood also stepped outside her comfort zone, hesitantly providing critical feedback (but always couching it with praise, of course).—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Trump responded with a social media post that, although couched in his characteristically unconventional terms, offered an off-ramp from the crisis.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Federal grant funding had been earmarked for the factory, but the money was taken back before any houses were produced.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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The mother and daughter couldn’t swim, and the family waited out the storm in their home as the waters flooded — but didn’t dislodge — their house.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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This coal company has started excavating its new Wyoming critical minerals find.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Burrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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