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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All that progress now comes to a screeching halt while Blue Origin investigates the cause of New Glenn's explosion and faces the task of rebuilding LC-36.—
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“Digs (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digs%20%28into%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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