delved

verb

past tense of delve
as in excavated

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  1. excavated
  2. dug
  3. shoveled
  4. mined
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  • Although the grounds were excavated and the bodies removed before the church’s construction, investigators suspect remains uncovered Thursday may have been left behind.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The site was illegally excavated in the 1960s, the statues dismantled and scattered among various countries.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of excavated
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  • Chaiken chuckled, retelling the story and imagining Kubrick himself groaning at the idea that Criterion had dug it up and restored it.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Bulls dug too deep of a deficit in the first quarter to overcome, but their insistence on pursuing second-chance opportunities buoyed an outmatched roster to win the second half, accounting for 25 of the team’s point total.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of dug
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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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  • Broadway musicals have mined everything from rock and pop to hip-hop and folk.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Few writers have mined domestic terror like Stephen King, and none of his novels cuts closer to the bone than The Shining.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of mined
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