dig up

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Recent Examples of dig up When Wednesday is buried alive by Isaac, Enid and Agnes can’t dig up the dirt quickly enough to save her until Enid decides to transform, unable to let her friend die. Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire. Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025 Others want to mine valuable metals on asteroids, like AstroForge, to reduce the need to dig up the Earth. Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dig up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up
Verb
  • The 23-year-old winger dropped from a career-high 57 points in 2023-24 to 45 last season, and finding ways to get him back on track is a top priority.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The laptop's standard 1600p screen is its standout feature, displaying superior detail and sharpness to the full HD panels often found in this price bracket.
    Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • The Washington Examiner attended a press conference held by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Chia-lung Lin on Thursday, where the head diplomat expounded upon the lessons learned from observing the violence unfolding in Eastern Europe.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Scientists studying this natural process discovered that the oyster adhesive creates a strong chemical interaction with surfaces and hardens quickly.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Avoiding new technology because it is assumed to be frustrating can keep employees from discovering tools that would make their work easier.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • The duration of a root canal depends on where the affected tooth is located and the degree of the infection.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Because disc golf is so easy to play — and easy to locate on just a few acres — people keep building disc golf courses.
    Nate Heinold, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Poor defense and a slow start offensively put the Cowboys in a tough hole that took everything to dig out of.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Now the state is trying to dig out of that hole.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company argues that the traffic which sites do manage to get from users now comes from users who are more engaged and thus more valuable.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Ahead of the premiere of her new Netflix series, Too Much, written for her by Lena Dunham, the 33-year-old reflects on what got her to this moment.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025

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