as in finding
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 digging up
Make sure to sanitize garden tools after digging up each dahlia plant and before division to discourage the spread of any diseases that may be present.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
The late farmer from Wisconsin began his life of crime by digging up the fresh graveyards of women who resembled his mom, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Rock Springs turns a corner But now, the town is digging up this part of its migrant history and finding new ways to shed light on a dark moment in its past.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Mia goes on a trip to investigate, digging up the place's bloody history and some supernatural weirdness along the way.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Turtleboy kept digging up dirt.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Not for digging up father, not for going anywhere at all.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and deer often thwart gardeners' efforts by digging up or eating flowering bulbs.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
The late farmer from Wisconsin began his life of crime by digging up the fresh graveyards of women who resembled his mom, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Rock Springs turns a corner But now, the town is digging up this part of its migrant history and finding new ways to shed light on a dark moment in its past.
—Jenna McMurtry, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Mia goes on a trip to investigate, digging up the place's bloody history and some supernatural weirdness along the way.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Turtleboy kept digging up dirt.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Not for digging up father, not for going anywhere at all.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for digging up
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Rutgers-Eagleton’s mid-October survey mirrored that trend, finding 42 percent of voters viewed Sherrill favorably and 45 percent unfavorably, while Ciattarelli’s numbers were 41 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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And with 23andMe filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, her chances of finding any additional siblings may be dwindling.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Coping with the demands, expectations and egos of the Bernabeu’s dressing room is an important and challenging part of the job, as current Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso is learning very quickly.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Phobias can develop for a number of reasons, including genetic predispositions, environmental factors including traumatic experiences, learning from caregivers and hearing about scary situations.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Themes of self-acceptance, discovering one’s true potential, the power of friendship, and embracing the unknown are all wrapped in a quirky, adventurous comedy.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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In The Lost King, Sally Hawkins stars as Philippa Langley, the real-life researcher who led the initiative and was eventually successful in locating Richard III’s centuries-old skeleton under an English parking lot.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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De Pablo and Weatherly then reunited for the Paramount+ spinoff, which sees their characters on the run across Europe after finding out that someone is targeting them and their daughter.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The lukewarm homecoming turns worse after finding out about a new spell that can turn humans to witches, which threatens her family’s top-dog standing.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Ravens and Browns are both digging out of a hole at 1-4, and the Ravens are as beat up as any other team in the NFL.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The host is also aware some staff and crew members are still digging out of the financial hole created by the months-long writers and actors strikes in 2023.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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All colors—black, green, pink, pistachio, red, blue, and white—have the wide lines running down the sides in contrasting colors.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other younger-generation consumers say there’s really no advantage to using cash and complain that getting some wastes time.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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See all the stars getting SCAD to the bone below.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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