as in to look (into)
to search through or into
we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring
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Harms Mahlandt and another local artist made a map for people to explore little free spaces in Portland.—
MAGGIE PENMAN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
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Your 9th House of Jaunts wakes as the high-flying Sun embraces dreamy Neptune, calling you to learn, explore, and widen your outlook.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Researchers read of this installation in 16th-century texts, which led them to finally take the dive earlier this year to investigate.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Baltimore City detectives are investigating after two overnight shootings took place early Saturday morning.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Investigators continue to probe for answers in Sunday's deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport, as officials examine why a runway safety system failed to issue an alert before a Port Authority fire truck crashed into a landing passenger airplane.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Dig (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20%28into%29. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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