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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of spelunk.

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  • This bizarre yet inescapable fact has been revealed over the past 30 years, as scientists have spelunked their way through the human genome and encountered stretches of DNA with the telltale chemical signatures of viruses.

    The Visitors That Came to Stay Carl Zimmer 2011

  • This bizarre yet inescapable fact has been revealed over the past 30 years, as scientists have spelunked their way through the human genome and encountered stretches of DNA with the telltale chemical signatures of viruses.

    The Visitors That Came to Stay Carl Zimmer 2011

  • For more than three decades, the Australian renaissance man has spelunked into the darkest reaches of the human soul, and he's still at it with Grinderman, whose second album growls, moans and enchants with typical Cave aplomb.

    Album review: Grinderman, "Grinderman 2" 2010

  • For more than three decades, the Australian renaissance man has spelunked into the darkest reaches of the human soul, and he's still at it with Grinderman, whose second album growls, moans and enchants with typical Cave aplomb.

    Album review of 'Grinderman 2' by Grinderman 2010

  • Or did his Mummy and Daddy not show him enough affection, and his Daddy beat him for being a pansy, while his Uncle secretly spelunked his pooper in the basement?

    Kevin Smith Wants Seann William Scott for His Hockey Movie « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • Then we spelunked our way into the cave, where we saw the most adorable little bat and of course wandered through all sorts of gorgeous cave rooms.

    Archive 2007-08-26 Dayle A. Dermatis 2007

  • Then we spelunked our way into the cave, where we saw the most adorable little bat and of course wandered through all sorts of gorgeous cave rooms.

    Spelunked Dayle A. Dermatis 2007

  • He either sent his little predator on a spelunking mission into the tubes or the tubes spelunked him.

    Foley clogs the tubes 2006

  • So having spelunked my way down to the very depths of time (or as far down as this little corner of it goes - 12: 00 AM Jan 31, 1999), I think I'll start following the subterranean trails of thought and see where they take me.

    "Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999" Hal Duncan 1999

  • So having spelunked my way down to the very depths of time (or as far down as this little corner of it goes - 12: 00 AM Jan 31, 1999), I think I'll start following the subterranean trails of thought and see where they take me.

    Archive 1999-01-01 Hal Duncan 1999

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