DELVED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

delved

verb

past tense of delve

as in excavated

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The 50-ton boulder was found about 30 feet below the surface of the airfield while crews excavated the South Detention Basin, a stormwater management facility, as part of the ORDNext terminal expansion project.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
But the archaeologists who excavated the new skeletal fragments from Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq say the fossils weave a complex tale of Neanderthal life and death, beyond what appeared to be deliberate violence.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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With his curiosity piqued, Rabtsevich dug through the TESS archives for more data on the same star and found an additional 22 instances of dimming.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
But Smith also failed to respect how dangerous and dug-in the Brewers are.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems so far.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Moments after an incredibly warm greeting, Quinn shoveled coal into the flames and stuck an iron in the forge.

— Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoveled

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For example, largely because of the environmental disaster that is Weikuang Dam, the country doesn’t permit the development or operation of stand-alone monazite mines—that is, mines where nothing is mined except monazite ore.

— Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026
Stats show travel retail stores are being mined for discovery and unforgettable memories, with 86 percent of people wanting exclusive beauty offers in the channel, according to L’Oréal.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

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