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she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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The killer also served as inspiration for Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and led to a number of copycat attacks after he was known to kill women, wear their skins and dig up graves.
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Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Sure, Johnson’s physics-defying mid-air adjustment shows up in college football highlight supercuts, but the networks that run the sport today rarely dig up the footage from the late, great Jefferson Pilot Sports to educate the next generation.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
In areas with freezing winter temperatures, dahlias, cannas, and other tender perennials need to be dug up and stored indoors to be replanted outdoors in spring.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Sure, Johnson’s physics-defying mid-air adjustment shows up in college football highlight supercuts, but the networks that run the sport today rarely dig up the footage from the late, great Jefferson Pilot Sports to educate the next generation.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
In areas with freezing winter temperatures, dahlias, cannas, and other tender perennials need to be dug up and stored indoors to be replanted outdoors in spring.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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