as in looks (into)
to search through or into
we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring
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An InStyle editor explores Jenner's affinity for the cut and asks jewelry experts to weigh in on its growing appeal.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
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Free-loving Venus explores your 9th House of Travel and Learning, opposite dark Pluto in your 3rd House of Communication, so big ideas ask for simple words that hold up.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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In addition to reckoning with conspicuous consumption, my novel also investigates what life looks like for the Anderson women when the perennially absent Alan becomes an always-there man.—
Courtney Maum,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
18 June 2026
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“Digs (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digs%20%28into%29. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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