as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Recent Examples of dig up
In the latest attempt to solve the disappearance 13 years ago of Daphne Webb, police here dug up a backyard that was once owned by Daphne’s father, who died of suicide within a year of reporting the then-1-year-old had been mysteriously abducted.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Douglas Lyons made his Broadway playwriting debut with Chicken and Biscuits, a family comedy set at a funeral where old dirt gets dug up.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
The researchers dug up 6,594 solar twins within roughly 1,000 light-years of Earth.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
My dog slipped outside and dug up the neighbor’s garden.
—Florence Taylor Barner, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Douglas Lyons made his Broadway playwriting debut with Chicken and Biscuits, a family comedy set at a funeral where old dirt gets dug up.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
The researchers dug up 6,594 solar twins within roughly 1,000 light-years of Earth.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
My dog slipped outside and dug up the neighbor’s garden.
—Florence Taylor Barner, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up
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Four Fort Worth restaurants were temporarily closed, and roaches were found at others during the latest round of city health inspections, according to the inspection reports.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
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When the question was broken down by party affiliation, Democrats were significantly more likely to cross party lines, the 2024 survey found.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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In the era of AI, the notion of learning something for yourself is a quiet, internal act of rebellion against a world that seems to be flowing in the wrong direction.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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As per the researchers, the device learns how your specific hand moves and then instantly tells a robot or a computer game to mirror those exact motions.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Johnson-Swartz was 44 years old when the teacher-student relationship was discovered in January 2025 by therapists who reported it to Douglas County Human Services.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Stillman said the criminal investigations division of the Minnesota DHS, which had access to bank records and cellular data, discovered that the department’s payments to child care providers would ping around the world to multiple banks in different countries and end up in East Africa.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Residents at Silver Court Mobile Home Park, located near Southwest 8th Street and 32nd Avenue, say they were given six months to vacate after receiving a notice on March 11 from a firm representing the property owner.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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While the Oscars have been located on Hollywood Boulevard since settling into the then-Kodak Theatre, which later changed its name to the Dolby Theatre, over almost a century of celebrating the best in motion pictures the ceremony has bounced between Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Florida overcame a 10-point first-half deficit and dug out of a 12-point hole after intermission on Sunday, but could not close out the Hawkeyes, who will face Nebraska on Thursday in Houston.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Six days after the Twin Cities metro dug out from more than a foot of heavy wet snow, people are basking in the warmth of near 70-degree temperatures.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The move will allow TSA employees to get their paychecks as early as March 30 instead of waiting for back pay after the shutdown ends.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hope Harvill got the game winner in the 17th minute off an assist by Paola Granados for the Mustangs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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