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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delved
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Prehistoric mining in the Pyrenees High in the eastern Pyrenees is a prehistoric cave, excavated between 2021 and 2023.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026 -
The cave itself was first excavated in 1850.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
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When challenged by Palo Alto’s Amaya Bharadway in the final 100 meters, Dailey dug down and pulled away.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Suarez walked Fry to load the bases, but dug deep and struck out Manzardo and Stuart Fairchild, who lost an ABS challenge in the process.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Past, present, and future versions of the South Park figures—childhood’s tokens, mined and mined again—are made to converge around adulthood’s most representative, most depressing reality.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Unlike gold, whose supply can gradually increase as more metal is mined, Bitcoin's supply cannot expand in response to rising demand.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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