DELVED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

delved

verb

past tense of delve

as in excavated

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According to a study published today in the journal PLOS One, pottery shards excavated from the famous Etowah mounds in present-day Georgia contain trace residues of the plant.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Once the crews finish their work, Cieslica said in some cases lawns were excavated and reseeded.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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After all, that is a quite a load – Lacy also caught 29 passes – and some of it could be shoveled off to Michigan State transfer Makhi Frazier.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
In the absence of heavy equipment, rescue workers, police and volunteers shoveled debris by hand at many sites, looking for survivors.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

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But Rossellini and Visconti, the latter a scion of the country’s aristocratic theater and opera traditions, also mined melodrama, historical epics, and more expressionist genres of filmmaking.

— Erik Morse, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Corbin mined the flavor profile of West African pepper soup for his roasted bone marrow with flatbread.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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