as in to look (into)
to search through or into
we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring
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Police are investigating after a man was found dead underwater Saturday afternoon in Lauderhill.—
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Counterterrorism police in Edinburgh are investigating a series of late-night street attacks that left five men injured.—
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The horse was last examined by the NYPD Mounted Unit's veterinarian in March and was found fit for work, according to the union.—
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In addition to studying race and gender demographics in the film industry, the report also examined on-camera representations of disability.—
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“Dig (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20%28into%29. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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