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Recent Examples of burrow
Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Early work personalizes the effects of colonialism, while later projects burrow inward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Burrowing Owl requires large tracts of open ground, preferably with areas of bare soil, for its underground nesting burrows.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Getting signals and power out of these stacks requires vertical copper links that burrow through the silicon to reach the chip package’s substrate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Early work personalizes the effects of colonialism, while later projects burrow inward.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow
Noun
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In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.—
Arundathi Nair,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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Two recent fires at PG&E substations cut power to thousands, drew condemnation from members of Congress, and spotlighted a year full of safety and maintenance violations at the utility giant’s substations throughout the region, from oil leaks to broken cooling fans and birds’ nests in equipment.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Early in the second, the Nittany Lions moved sophomore and leading scorer Charlie Cerrato onto his line with Reese Laubach to try to kickstart their offense and claw their way back into the game.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Democrats managed to claw that seat back in 2024 only by a tight margin, in one of the most expensive House races in the country that year.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The exhibition features his maps and sullied backpack, toothbrush, bar of soap, and survival goods, along with photos of him sleeping on park benches, crouching on the banks of the Hudson in front of ice floes, and haunting the city.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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After a brief struggle for traction, the robot regained control by crouching slightly, mimicking a human posture to exert force.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Outside of his lair, the world looks barren and deserted, save for a few glowing red rifts in the ground where the world is connected to the Upside Down.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Dec. 2025
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Two young women are trapped in the lair of the Mangittatuarjuk, the Gnawer of Rocks.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge chicken lightly in flour mixture, shaking off excess.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Writers of autofiction have been accused of trying to preëmpt criticism by couching their work in self-awareness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Some Republicans — including Mackenzie — couch their support for an extension with the caveat that changes must be made.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Video from the fire department showed crews pouring water on the house fire at 110th and State on Tuesday morning.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Among them, a hominin femur that was excavated from the cave bears teeth marks.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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Recovering lost cultural history Malawi was a British colony when Hora 1 was first excavated in 1950, a time when archaeology seemed more like treasure hunting than science, Thompson said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Burrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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