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Recent Examples of burrow
Noun
Millions of red crabs are coming out of their burrows on Christmas Island in Australia to begin one of their largest migrations in years.—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024 Some animals, such as frogs and rodents, don't travel far and seek cover instead in underground burrows where they can be protected from the heat.—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Researchers in Australia are putting electronic backpacks onto burrowing cockroaches to help search for victims of earthquakes and other disasters.—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024 This allows the eel to stay burrowed in the mud, yet still find prey and avoid being eaten.—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for burrow
While still a low-maintenance pick, this bird’s nest fern thrives when watered weekly and when situated near a sunny window due to its moderate light and water needs.
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Maggie Horton,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Both small mammals and other birds' nest predators were observed visiting open-cup nests for the eggs—while only flying squirrels visited the nest boxes.
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Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Still, the three shots that felt like the biggest daggers were all drops, especially two in the seventh game with Keys threatening to claw her way back into the set.
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Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
That’s because repressed emotions have a way of clawing their way back.
Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
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Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
The marinated chicken then gets dredged into a flour mixture including spices like garlic and onion powder, paprika, seasoned salt, and cayenne pepper before getting deep fried.
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Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
Here's what the report shared about the latest on these efforts:
Dredging of Bender Park boat launch: For the fourth time since 2013, County Parks plans to dredge the park's boat launch of sediment that has accumulated over time and now poses a risk to boats navigating the area.
Interview 'Telling the Story of Addiction Doesn’t Always Save You from the Experience Of It': An Interview With Leslie Jamison
Chantal Braganza
The author of The Recovering on archival addiction narratives, excavating how things get better, and sugar.
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Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
The site extends 150 meters (around 500 feet) and includes approximately 200 giant footprints, according to the BBC — though the outlet notes that the tracks could extend even further into areas that have not yet been excavated.
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