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Today's Featured Photo Crews are at work in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood after a sewer cave-in left a massive hole on Campbell Street.
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Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024
Not long after, she’s informed that her father has been killed in a mine cave-in, prompting her return to her desert hometown with the symbolically less-than-subtle name of Creation.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies and paramedics responded to the cave-in around 3:16 p.m at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Beach, roughly 7 miles north of Fort Lauderdale
Witnesses told NBC6 the children were digging a hole when the ground gave away, trapping them beneath the surface.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Blame the Great Depression, the effects of World War II, a 1968 market fire and a 1980s cave-in of midtown Baltimore property values.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
Paulding Country Fire & Rescue said that the laborer fell into the trench, caused by a cave-in, early Friday afternoon.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
Authorities have not said what caused the cave-in, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
California Anaheim corruption report alleges a criminal conspiracy, secret lobbying and influence peddling
July 31, 2023
La Habra city officials say the cave-ins are more about what was built on top of the channel than what lies below.
—Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Short of a complete cave-in between now and the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Angels can’t trade Ohtani.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
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Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024
Not long after, she’s informed that her father has been killed in a mine cave-in, prompting her return to her desert hometown with the symbolically less-than-subtle name of Creation.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies and paramedics responded to the cave-in around 3:16 p.m at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Beach, roughly 7 miles north of Fort Lauderdale
Witnesses told NBC6 the children were digging a hole when the ground gave away, trapping them beneath the surface.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Blame the Great Depression, the effects of World War II, a 1968 market fire and a 1980s cave-in of midtown Baltimore property values.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
Paulding Country Fire & Rescue said that the laborer fell into the trench, caused by a cave-in, early Friday afternoon.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
Authorities have not said what caused the cave-in, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods.
—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
California Anaheim corruption report alleges a criminal conspiracy, secret lobbying and influence peddling
July 31, 2023
La Habra city officials say the cave-ins are more about what was built on top of the channel than what lies below.
—Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
Short of a complete cave-in between now and the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Angels can’t trade Ohtani.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
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“Cave-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cave-in. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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