as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
Workers dredged the Great Brook afterward, using bulldozers to clear unsightly logjams (which can act as natural flood barriers), and rechannelled the stream.
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The lake was fully dredged in 1946 and partially dredged in 1970.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Like broccoli dredged in eggs and breadcrumbs then fried in olive oil.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.
—Bob Morris, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The lake was fully dredged in 1946 and partially dredged in 1970.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Like broccoli dredged in eggs and breadcrumbs then fried in olive oil.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.
—Bob Morris, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredge
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If required, an individual-sized soft-sided cooler will be permitted but will be searched and tagged at the gate.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
28 Aug. 2025
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Authorities searched the area but did not find the baby.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fall color doesn't have to mean a bunch of blowing and raking.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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Busch continues to rake Busch’s strong rookie season was merely a jumping off point for the 27-year-old first baseman.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Together, the goal will be to develop an agentic system that will be physician facing and will use AI to comb through existing data sets to ease the paperwork process.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The researchers are combing the site meter by meter using a kind of underwater vacuum cleaner to collect material for future analysis.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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In each case, magistrate judges had already found probable cause to proceed with the charges forward, yet jurors opted not to return indictments.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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While thousands of people on campus hurried to shelter in place, police were scanning through hundreds of security camera feeds in search of the gunman.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The caller instructs you to download software to scan your PC for malware, which will then stop the hacker in their tracks.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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