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digs (into)

verb

present tense third-person singular of dig (into)

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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Her research explores questions about the nature of the self, decision-making, temporal experience, philosophical methodology, causation, causal experience, time and time’s arrow, perception, mereology, constitution, and essence.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
In the course of her stay, Birdie explores the rooms of her aunts and grandmother’s house, and has encounters with her relatives.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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Juliana’s family is working with Julian, a civil rights organization that investigates how police handle the deaths of Black people and other minorities.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Six of Europe’s largest oil companies posted first-quarter profits of $22 billion altogether, a total which was 43% higher than the same time last year, according to Global Witness, a nonprofit organization that investigates environmental problems.

— Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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