as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the toxic sediment has been dredged, including in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and other sediment has been capped.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
After letting the chicken marinate, dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, pressing to ensure that the chicken is evenly coated and the flour is adhering securely.
—Jessica Fields, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
The plan includes 124 projects designed to dredge sand, rebuild degraded marshes, and add levees, floodgates and storm surge barriers.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the toxic sediment has been dredged, including in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and other sediment has been capped.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
After letting the chicken marinate, dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, pressing to ensure that the chicken is evenly coated and the flour is adhering securely.
—Jessica Fields, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
The plan includes 124 projects designed to dredge sand, rebuild degraded marshes, and add levees, floodgates and storm surge barriers.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredge
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It had been visited by an investigator, searching for locations where someone may have spotted Chandler around the time of the murders.—
Ruth Chenetz,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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But Johnson’s show, which unfolds chronologically, feels like one winding, thorny, searching, implicitly memoiristic half-century-long process of thought—a record of growing up.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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Although most of its worst winds were to the east, Dorian raked the Outer Banks with wind gusts of over 100 mph, before returning to the Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane center reported.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Hendry went for the Standing Ovation before Williams raked his eyes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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Many eagle-eyed fans have combed through the footage, mainly the backgrounds of the arenas, and found references to other Marvel characters like Dazzler, Daredevil, Thor, Wasp, Luna Snow and The Fantastic Four.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Reporters combed through court documents to examine charges and federal records to identify people in ICE custody.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Fears that a serial killer is at large were reignited by the recent discovery of a body in a Texas lake, where 19 corpses have been found over the past three years.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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There’s a single 8-megapixel camera that, again, is acceptable at this tablet’s price point, but otherwise not a camera most would want to use for anything other than the most basic use (like maybe scanning documents).—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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One couple was relieved to have made it out of their hearing without being detained -- but were still scanning the parking lot outside the courthouse, nervous that agents would approach them.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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