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
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The wire makes digging up the bulbs more difficult, but allows the foliage to easily grow through the wire holes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 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
Water your hosta before digging up the entire clump.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Look around town, there are backhoes and tractors digging up the dirt, making way for more housing and commercial construction all around Brea.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The wire makes digging up the bulbs more difficult, but allows the foliage to easily grow through the wire holes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 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
Water your hosta before digging up the entire clump.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Look around town, there are backhoes and tractors digging up the dirt, making way for more housing and commercial construction all around Brea.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for digging up
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The Longhorns take the opening kickoff of the second half and use nearly half of the third quarter to drive 75 yards in 14 plays, capped by Manning finding a wide-open Moore in the back of the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown and a 10-6 lead.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t Punchline, but the milieu is an ideal backdrop, and the idea of standing on stage and finding yourself in the process is inspired.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Lawson-Remer cited the connection between education and clinical practice, and the ability to keep working while learning, as the key factors in making progress in the larger goal of significantly growing the local mental health care workforce.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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This alternative learning pathway can explain some behavioral similarities in bird families that have parental input.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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Harris Teeter, based in North Carolina, initiated a voluntary recall of its Cinnamon Texas Toast and Asiago Texas Toast on September 11 after discovering that cheese and butter - which contain milk - were not listed as ingredients.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Joel really took a kick from, quote unquote, discovering, quote unquote, new actors or actors who had been unseen in films.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Fans were tasked with locating these physical orange doors, scanning their QR codes, and uncovering twelve unique videos containing clues to solve the puzzle.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help in locating family or friends of an Avondale man who died.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Barber had another thought upon seeing Miller play and finding out that the new kid was in Trocheck’s age group.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Since finding out the gun that killed Dark Hearts member Warren Clarke (Joshua Dye) at the trap house robbery gone wrong once belonged to one of their own, Perry has been on a mission to figure out who inside the biker gang was feeding information to the thieves.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
29 Sep. 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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There were new takes on its Serpenti Cuore 1968 featuring enamel running down its sinuous handle and the smaller Cuoricini version offered in an array of jewel tones.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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On that snap to Herbert, the play-clock was running down, Bonitto recalled.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, parlay bets are getting more complicated as time goes on, decreasing the chances of winning.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers have not been getting great production from their bullpen so far this postseason.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Digging up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digging%20up. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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