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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Authorities then discovered De Silva suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Bishop discovered that former Rangers defender Connor Goldson, now playing in Cyprus, had a similar problem earlier in his career.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In addition to locating victims’ remains, the on-site work involved removing and disposing of explosives that didn’t detonate in the blast.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 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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Helm rises too, goes as high as possible, gets a little giddy (there are upper limits to Helm’s domain).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Hamlin, then went to pit for four new tires while Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson only got two which placed him in fifth position ahead of Hamlin, who was in 10th.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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