diggers

Definition of diggersnext
plural of digger, chiefly Australian & New Zealand

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Noun
  • At the same time, there's enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, there’s enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In 2023, Ole Miss was the only SEC program that signed more transfers than high school recruits.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Many recruits joined for a similar reason to Schoep.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Verbeek and coach Joel Quenneville’s defense corps now features three veterans on the right side and a younger mix, with LaCombe, Pavel Mintyukov and Olen Zellweger, on the left.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Some senior veterans on Long Island are travelling the world again without leaving their nursing home.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.
    Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And the erotic aspects of the ass, too, could swell their ranks with new conscripts, new stories, new vibrations and vulnerabilities.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Many have complained that having two divisions and two state champions for each classification waters down the playoffs and provides easier paths to the state championship game.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Washington approved sales of Nvidia’s powerful H200 processors to China in January, but Beijing restricted Chinese companies from buying them, in a push to support homegrown chip champions.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Diggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diggers. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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