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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With the thieves and vandals digging up gravestones and stealing plaques made of precious metals, Bishop has spent an extraordinary amount of money on repairs, security and maintenance.
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Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
And that someone dug up the grave in the dead of night, only to find a stranger in it.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Mowing over the seedlings of invasive trees will encourage growth; they must be pulled or dug up by the roots.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
When the populist demagogue Willie Stark orders Burden, journalist turned gumshoe, to dig up dirt on a local judge, Burden demurs; certainly there are no skeletons in the office of the good judge.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
And that someone dug up the grave in the dead of night, only to find a stranger in it.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Mowing over the seedlings of invasive trees will encourage growth; they must be pulled or dug up by the roots.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
When the populist demagogue Willie Stark orders Burden, journalist turned gumshoe, to dig up dirt on a local judge, Burden demurs; certainly there are no skeletons in the office of the good judge.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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