caving
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A lifelong love of exploring caves, starting as a child in a caving club, imbued Raff with a respect for extensive preparation and intense focus in the moment.
‘Origin’ explores the controversial science of the first Americans | Bruce Bower | February 4, 2022 | Science NewsOthers were openly grousing about it to reporters standing outside their meeting, unloading on McConnell for caving.
Mitch McConnell Helps Democrats Avoid a Global Economic Meltdown—And Plans to Use That Against Them | Philip Elliott | December 9, 2021 | TimeWhat remains is just bigotry, and probably a spiteful resistance to being seen as caving in to the relativists.
The Grotesque Ban On Gays In New York’s St Patrick’s Day Parade | Michael Tomasky | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTcaving on the debt limit in 2011 was the political low point of his presidency.
The Era of Republican Hostage-Taking Is Over | Michael Tomasky | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe five years in between saw hordes of people finally caving to the “you have to watch Breaking Bad!”
But caving in the current standoff could cost Boehner his speakership anyway.
There seems to me a chance—a small chance at this point, but a chance—that the roof is caving in here.
Michael Tomasky on How Obama Needs to Make Mitt Unacceptable Again | Michael Tomasky | October 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNor can this dirt be worked without danger of caving in, as was the case in all the veins and works that were on that elevation.
"I've always read that they can stand a tremendous amount of shooting without caving under," admitted Frank.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game | Captain Quincy AllenIt comes out of the turbulent, bank-caving Missouri, and every tumblerful of it holds nearly an acre of land in solution.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)He felt his legs caving beneath him, while his brain fought valiantly against the dizziness that threatened to engulf him.
The Lone Ranger Rides | Fran StrikerThere was a great deal of subterranean water, and sink-holes produced by caving over such streams were frequent.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
British Dictionary definitions for caving
/ (ˈkeɪvɪŋ) /
the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
Derived forms of caving
- caver, noun
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