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
To keep gophers and moles out, gardeners had to put their own screens under the ground to keep them from digging up to the plants.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
British police are looking into media reports that in 2011 Andrew had asked one of his police officers to dig up dirt on Giuffre.
—Reuters 9 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Librarian Adam Vorobok has dug up stories of the unsolved murders of five women in 1904 and 1910, all in the vicinity of the railroad tracks in Cumminsville (now Northside).
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Lutnick dug up a 2015 interview when Duffy was critical of Trump to sink his chances of being picked.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
British police are looking into media reports that in 2011 Andrew had asked one of his police officers to dig up dirt on Giuffre.
—Reuters 9 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Librarian Adam Vorobok has dug up stories of the unsolved murders of five women in 1904 and 1910, all in the vicinity of the railroad tracks in Cumminsville (now Northside).
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Lutnick dug up a 2015 interview when Duffy was critical of Trump to sink his chances of being picked.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up
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The ones who needed to leave their mother tongue in order to find their true voice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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More on the science behind the portfolio diet A few small studies led by Jenkins in 2003, including the trial that introduced the diet to the world, found an association between following the portfolio diet and a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The researchers learned that people who ate very similarly to the portfolio diet had a 14% lower risk of developing coronary heart disease or stroke than people who ate less similarly to the diet.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Simply add your eligible Card to your Resy profile to book and discover Platinum Nights reservations near you, enrollment required.—
Harlan Vaughn,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Most of the farms Spring Creek works with are in Northwest Arkansas, though some are located in the Arkansas River Valley and Delta regions; the food hub works with farms of varying sizes, Hammer said.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Startzer believes the time for his program’s breakout is next at the fledgling DPS high school located in northeast Denver.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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Then, one person had to dig out a hole in the sand under the cage to squeeze through and rebound shots from players trying to hit three balls into three baskets.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Once Gacy is caught, the media runs with the details — all those bodies crammed in that crawlspace, some of them buried in trenches Gacy made his employees dig out — and paints his victims as runaways or degenerates who put themselves in danger.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And Natalie is still justifiably concerned about her dad, calling him up during his night from hell and getting no information from him.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20up. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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