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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).
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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
Neighbors told Fox San Francisco that authorities were seen digging up the yard at Vo's home.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
In Gaza, in their search for hostages, Israeli forces have raided hospitals, dug up gravesites and scoured tunnels used by Hamas to evade capture and hide from Israeli bombs.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The 2021 research team dug up their bottle in the middle of the night, to protect the seeds from sun exposure — and to protect the location of the remaining bottles.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Some leaders pushed back and stated that efforts to focus on DEI only made matters worse or dug up problems where there were none.
—Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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
Neighbors told Fox San Francisco that authorities were seen digging up the yard at Vo's home.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
In Gaza, in their search for hostages, Israeli forces have raided hospitals, dug up gravesites and scoured tunnels used by Hamas to evade capture and hide from Israeli bombs.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The 2021 research team dug up their bottle in the middle of the night, to protect the seeds from sun exposure — and to protect the location of the remaining bottles.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Some leaders pushed back and stated that efforts to focus on DEI only made matters worse or dug up problems where there were none.
—Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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