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Examples of dig up in a Sentence
she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Their remains were dug up in 2019 and taken to a lab for analysis.
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Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
That, in addition to the claims that Drake goes after inappropriately aged women, has fueled a firestorm of speculation online — with internet sleuths digging up blind items and blog posts in hopes of stitching together a possible deeper meaning in all of Lamar’s disses.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
After learning of the incident, authorities went to the encampment and dug up Estrada’s body.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Betty was with her children, while her husband, Robert, was digging up their kitchen floor with a pick ax.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
The overhaul forced the city of Fort Worth to spend upwards of $5.7 million to dig up and relocate water mains along the road (a task projected to wind up in July, two years behind schedule).
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Begin digging up part of the area with a shovel, placing the dirt in a wheelbarrow or on a large tarp.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
David dug up his son’s coffin for a second funeral.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
The mass emergence that comes when these two broods dig up from beneath the ground will be a far cry from the annual occurrences, David Althoff, a professor at Syracuse University's Department of Biology, told ABC News.
—Andy Fies, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
That, in addition to the claims that Drake goes after inappropriately aged women, has fueled a firestorm of speculation online — with internet sleuths digging up blind items and blog posts in hopes of stitching together a possible deeper meaning in all of Lamar’s disses.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
After learning of the incident, authorities went to the encampment and dug up Estrada’s body.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Betty was with her children, while her husband, Robert, was digging up their kitchen floor with a pick ax.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
The overhaul forced the city of Fort Worth to spend upwards of $5.7 million to dig up and relocate water mains along the road (a task projected to wind up in July, two years behind schedule).
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Begin digging up part of the area with a shovel, placing the dirt in a wheelbarrow or on a large tarp.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
David dug up his son’s coffin for a second funeral.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
The mass emergence that comes when these two broods dig up from beneath the ground will be a far cry from the annual occurrences, David Althoff, a professor at Syracuse University's Department of Biology, told ABC News.
—Andy Fies, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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