as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is actually a series of large chambers on five levels
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Recent Examples of cave
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
While scouting locations for Apex, the team discovered a remote cave in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
—Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Russia is pushing for full control of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which forms a significant portion of the Donbas, and has threatened to take it by force if Kyiv does not cave at the negotiating table.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
In a cave that sheltered freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad, their uncle shares a story of a creature that stirs at night.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
While scouting locations for Apex, the team discovered a remote cave in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
—Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
On Thursday, Amodei signaled the company wouldn’t cave to the Department of Defense’s demands to loosen safety restrictions on its AI models.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Russia is pushing for full control of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which forms a significant portion of the Donbas, and has threatened to take it by force if Kyiv does not cave at the negotiating table.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cave
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While the conflict has impacted the availability of ISO-tanks, specialized vessels that carry helium, Zekauskas pointed out that Linde has a large storage cavern for its helium inventories — specifically for roughly one half year of global demand.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Here's what to know about the SPR, a network of salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana that can hold up to 714 million barrels of crude.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Share your work in a meeting, mentor a kid’s project, or submit an entry to a competition — anything to let your light be seen.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The task force is required to submit its recommendations to the California Legislature by July 1, 2027.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Its attractions include a mossy, cool grotto of ferns as well as vast views of Ashdown Forest and distant towns.—
Amy Waldman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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One of my strongest convictions, prior to capitulating to Coffee Meets Bagel and Tinder, was that the means by which a couple met constituted a vital component of their love story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The willingness to settle the suit was largely seen as Paramount capitulating to Trump in order to get government approval of its merger with Skydance Media.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The film business may be in freefall, beset by box office struggles and corporate consolidation that’s left Hollywood with fewer studios, but more than a half-dozen distributors like Sumerian have debuted in the past two years, hoping to take advantage of all the upheaval.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the novel The Midnight Library, Matt Haig tells the story of Nora, a depressed woman beset by her life and its disappointments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The garden was a jungle, overrun with vegetation, but its designer owners embraced the task as a labor of love.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Samad Taylor started for the second time in right field and overran a single in the fourth inning, an error that was the start of a four-run rally for the Diamondbacks.—
JEFF SANDERS,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Cave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cave. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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