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Recent Examples of burrow
Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Chipmunks hide under shrub or tree roots, in rock walls, or may burrow beneath the steps to your deck or under the foundation of your house or shed, says Owen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
After three to seven days, the larvae fall to the ground and burrow into the soil to pupate, transforming into flies.
—Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The South American swamp rodents also burrow holes in levees, posing a threat to the state’s flood-control and water-supply infrastructure.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Chipmunks hide under shrub or tree roots, in rock walls, or may burrow beneath the steps to your deck or under the foundation of your house or shed, says Owen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow into open wounds in their host animal to feed, which can cause infection and even death.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
After three to seven days, the larvae fall to the ground and burrow into the soil to pupate, transforming into flies.
—Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow
Noun
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Some of the birds stood still and silent on their nests, but most were in motion, hopping around on branches at the top of their silver maples, raising a general ruckus.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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The team kept colonies of Iberian harvester ants in artificial nests in its lab.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Minnesota had trailed by 17 points in the third quarter but, through a combination of tough shot-making and spirited defense, was able to claw its way back into the game.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The deal turns into a hold-up in the casino parking lot, to which Vince reacts with the scrappy killer instincts of an animal forced to claw and gnash his way up from the bottom of the pile.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The dance began with Irwin crouched atop a Jeep suped up for safari, with the junior conservationist correspondingly decked in the head-to-toe khaki uniform made famous by his dad.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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In one instance, a colleague entered Aber’s office to find an inmate crouched under his desk, according to an affidavit filed against Aber in the criminal case.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Another secret drinking lair within the Cosmopolitan, Ghost Donkey offers delicious drinks, pulsating Christmas lights and mirrors that give off infinity room vibes.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The project would extend Osceola's slack-water harbor by 3,000 feet by dredging out 620,000 cubic yards of material.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025
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Working with 1 chop at a time, dredge chop in flour, shaking off excess.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These reflections, too, would then be couched in a language too confusing for most readers to understand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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After about half an hour of couching his fears in technical language and cautious caveats, the OpenAI CEO finally did.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the last fortnight alone, Starmer's Deputy Prime Minister and close ally Angela Rayner has resigned after a house tax scandal, triggering a major cabinet reshuffle.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The weighty Guerlain Rouge G case comes in a wide variety of fabrics, colors, and textures—glossy tortoiseshell, embossed gold, glittering crystals—that house one of the most luxurious lipstick formulas on the market.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The estate was excavated in Kafr Qasim, a city in the central region of the country.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Covered in concrete and lost to time for decades, the vats were rediscovered and excavated in 2016 within a building that hugs the Kentucky River.—
Robin Roenker,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Burrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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