dig out

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Recent Examples of dig out Now the state is trying to dig out of that hole. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The idea of Matos actually sustaining his hot streak is more than a baseball acorn to dig out of the winter tundra. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025 Over 70 tonnes has been dug out of the space, and the house needs to be property underpinned. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dig out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig out
Verb
  • Ready to find your home’s true value?
    Mary Beth Eastman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And while temperatures continue to drop, the breezy ripped jeans have also found a fan in Rihanna, who’s already been spotted wearing the same pair twice.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Univisión moved the Premios Juventud to Panama and the Latin Grammys to Las Vegas, after hosting the 2024 event here.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Police tracked Travis Decker's truck and learned the vehicle had traveled west on Highway 2 from Wenatchee on May 30.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Once the parents open the account, the teen can learn how to invest firsthand by managing the account, along with their parents' oversight.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Star cornerback Jalen Ramsey exited the game with what appears to be a significant hamstring injury.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Private equity buyout accounted for 40% of technology exits in the $100 million-$500 million range in Europe, roughly twice the proportion in the US.
    Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like many students waiting outside, Bolin, 25, first discovered Charlie Kirk, the organization’s co-founder, a few years ago when his videos began popping up on her TikTok ‘For You’ page.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Oil was discovered there in the 1920s, and the county went through booms and busts for decades, enriching wildcatters and devastating the landscape, until a lasting bust left Loving County a virtual wasteland with no running water, paved roads, schools, hospitals, or grocery stores.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Having left Netflix in August after nearly 14 years at the streamer, Friedlander serves as the successor to Vernon Sanders, who departed as the TV boss earlier in September.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Air traffic controllers who handle flights arriving and departing the airport were plagued early this year by multiple communications and radar outages, leading to thousands of cancellations.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the president’s crackdown, which has seen one immigrant fatally shot by a federal agent, has sparked nearly around-the-clock protest at the facility located about 12 miles west of the Willis Tower.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In a surprising discovery, astronomers have found an enormous, shell-like structure called a nova super-remnant (NSR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a galaxy located approximately 160,000 light-years from Earth.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Johnson's offense got things going in the second half.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The biggest stage in American entertainment is about to get some serious Latin flavor.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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