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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Wait a few days and then dig up a test garlic plant or two to see how the bulb is developing.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2026
Filing is usually a quick online form, and many of these don’t require you to dig up old receipts if the administrator or company can verify your account in their records.
—Staff Reports, USA Today, 25 May 2026
The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
There’s also a sand pit where children can dig up replicas of pygmy mammoth bones.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2026
Filing is usually a quick online form, and many of these don’t require you to dig up old receipts if the administrator or company can verify your account in their records.
—Staff Reports, USA Today, 25 May 2026
The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
There’s also a sand pit where children can dig up replicas of pygmy mammoth bones.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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