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Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Application documents included fine details on the regional ecosystem, including what kind of shrimp burrow in the nearby sand, fish that are attracted to the region and the marine mammals that could possibly be impacted by the presence of the devices, Hales said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Curbed Editors, Curbed, 20 Dec. 2024
This is important because some of the most malicious tools can burrow themselves down below the operating environment and slowly siphon data over the course of months before being detected.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Her death was likely due to a parasitic wasp–as Main’s team noticed that her burrow cover had been pierced.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Application documents included fine details on the regional ecosystem, including what kind of shrimp burrow in the nearby sand, fish that are attracted to the region and the marine mammals that could possibly be impacted by the presence of the devices, Hales said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
Then there are the stories that burrowed into bigger, ongoing controversies: How did the Alexander brothers become the city’s most elite brokers while allegedly assaulting more than a dozen women?
—Curbed Editors, Curbed, 20 Dec. 2024
This is important because some of the most malicious tools can burrow themselves down below the operating environment and slowly siphon data over the course of months before being detected.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow
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The female will deposit eggs outside of the body, usually near the bottom of a body of water or in a nest built out of rocks and other sediment.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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The South Asian American ethnic sub-genre also stands out for its take on family relations, which contrast with the typical narratives about heroines who fly the nest and learn to live independently.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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And time is running out to spend down climate funds from the Inflation Reduction Act before the Trump administration can attempt to claw it back.Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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Teams have been desperately clawing for seeding with the playoffs shaping up and players and coaches have been leaving it all on the field.Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The group behind him, previously playing pool, drinking, or staring into the abyss, suddenly stands up as if charmed by the music and starts dancing, crouching and bobbing their heads, and responding, like a chorus, to the lines of the singer.Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Taller family members may feel uncomfortable sitting (read: crouching) on a sofa with a lower height, while petite loungers may not feel their best with their feet skimming the floor while sitting on a couch with extra-deep cushions.Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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But before Guillermo leaves for good, Nandor offers him a seat in his coffin, which unexpectedly is revealed to be the secret entrance to the underground crime-fighting lair much to the former familiar's delight and surprise.Stacy Lambe, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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By October 1, the front yards around our home are fully transformed into graveyards, haunted houses, a witch's lair, or zombie central.Mia Taylor, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
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The results were used to determine the best places to deposit sediment dredged from the river’s navigation channel.Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge chicken lightly in flour, shaking off excess.Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
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Some, like Morning and Inger Munch in Black, are aesthetic studies that play with contrast, couching one subject in early light and enveloping the other in a black dress and background.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many of the promises VoteVets makes when claiming to advocate veterans’ interests are couched in the language of the Democratic Party.Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
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By 6:30 that morning, nothing remained save the shell of a house that was once owned by Mayer Singerman, a former village mayor and later where mother-in-law, Mignon, and husband, Tom McDade, spent their last days.Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Another problem: The Chicago common brick found on the sides of the houses is highly porous.Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Scientists have demonstrated that an ancient human skull excavated from a tomb at Ephesos was not that of Arsinoë IV, half-sister to Cleopatra VII.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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The cemetery contains approximately 200 graves, with 12 excavated so far, dating back to the fifth and sixth centuries.Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Burrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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