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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delved
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While analyzing over 300 skeletal remains excavated in northwestern Rome, a team of paleontologists found that the bones belong to a gigantic ancestor of today’s elephant.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025 -
His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Things aren’t about to get easier, and the Sabres have already dug themselves a hole.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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During the project, excavators removed about eight billion pounds of rock for DigIndy’s tunnels, which total about 28 miles in length and were dug 250 feet underground.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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The presiding minister elected not to deliver a funeral sermon; dirt was shoveled on top of the mahogany box only three minutes after the service began.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some hikers shoveled snow out of their tents amid the blizzard, while others waded in a line through the snowstorm in poor visibility, social media videos verified by NBC News showed.—
Larissa Gao,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
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Today, almost three quarters of the world's rare earth minerals, used in everything from smartphones to fighter jets, are mined in China, which processes 90% of the metals, according to Bank of America analysts.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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In a video released by the IDF, another four schools roughly two miles north of these were mined and destroyed, also in August.—
Victoria Beaule,
ABC News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Delved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delved. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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