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  • verb Present participle of burrow.

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Examples

  • There was work to be done, men to superintend, and operations to direct in burrowing after the erratic pay streak; but his heart was not in the work.

    THE FAITH OF MEN 2010

  • At some of these libraries online burrowing is already possible, at others it will be in the near future.

    June 2007 2007

  • "Critiquing both the relentless Eastern drive for success and the insular, self-serving nature of Western academia, this debut feature from opera and theater helmer Chen Shi-Zheng never fully succeeds in burrowing under its protagonist's skin, despite conspicuous effort," writes Justin Chang in Variety.

    GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Dark Matter. 2007

  • There was work to be done, men to superintend, and operations to direct in burrowing after the erratic pay streak; but his heart was not in the work.

    The Faith of Men 1904

  • While fears about "burrowing" -- political types sliding into career jobs -- run especially high during presidential-election years, a new study by the Government Accountability Office has found only seven cases of burrowing during the Bush administration, none of them near the 2008 election.

    MMS becomes BOE. Oh, wait -- BOEMRE. 2010

  • While fears about "burrowing" -- political types sliding into career jobs -- run especially high during presidential-election years, a new study by the Government Accountability Office has found only seven cases of burrowing during the Bush administration, none of them near the 2008 election.

    MMS becomes BOE. Oh, wait -- BOEMRE. 2010

  • While fears about "burrowing" -- political types sliding into career jobs -- run especially high during presidential-election years, a new study by the Government Accountability Office has found only seven cases of burrowing during the Bush administration, none of them near the 2008 election.

    MMS becomes BOE. Oh, wait -- BOEMRE. 2010

  • The Imperial Light Horse were first to hit upon the idea of burrowing into the river-banks.

    Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith 1874

  • It is called the burrowing owl, and is very small.

    Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

  • It is called the burrowing owl, and is very small.

    Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1860

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