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- verb Present participle of
burrow .
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Examples
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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
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At some of these libraries online burrowing is already possible, at others it will be in the near future.
June 2007 2007
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Imperial Light Horse were first to hit upon the idea of burrowing into the river-banks.
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It is called the burrowing owl, and is very small.
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It is called the burrowing owl, and is very small.
Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1860
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