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she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Police sent excavators to dig up the rug the following morning.
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Investigators were working hard to dig up more information about him, Wray said.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Variety, Gein — who was from Wisconsin — became popular in the 1950s after he was found to have killed multiple people and dug up graves near his home.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
In this incredibly reported and compelling feature for Intelligencer, Kerry Howley digs up the dirt on two young scientists, Robert DePalma and Melanie During, who both claim to have found new evidence about one of the Earth’s biggest mysteries at Tanis, a paleontological site in North Dakota.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 28 Aug. 2024
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Investigators were working hard to dig up more information about him, Wray said.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
According to Variety, Gein — who was from Wisconsin — became popular in the 1950s after he was found to have killed multiple people and dug up graves near his home.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
In this incredibly reported and compelling feature for Intelligencer, Kerry Howley digs up the dirt on two young scientists, Robert DePalma and Melanie During, who both claim to have found new evidence about one of the Earth’s biggest mysteries at Tanis, a paleontological site in North Dakota.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 28 Aug. 2024
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
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