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
Working with 1 fish fillet at a time, dredge fish in flour on all sides.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
The result is that deep within Jupiter's atmosphere, there are patches of ammonia that fell as mush balls from storms raging dozens of miles above – and that ammonia will stay buried down there until the next big storm dredges it up.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To make this happen, the port's access channels have been dredged using a zero-discharge dredging technique to minimize environmental impact.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
The result is that deep within Jupiter's atmosphere, there are patches of ammonia that fell as mush balls from storms raging dozens of miles above – and that ammonia will stay buried down there until the next big storm dredges it up.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To make this happen, the port's access channels have been dredged using a zero-discharge dredging technique to minimize environmental impact.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
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While searching for the wreckage from 2005 to 2013, the nonprofit found nine shipwrecks, but not Flight 2501.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 June 2025
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But the Israel-Iran conflict − and Trump's decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites − has scrambled the high-stakes meeting as world leaders search for an endgame to the 12-day air war that's killed hundreds of people in Iran and dozens in Israel.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Jensen is raking at Double-A with a .302 batting average, five home runs and 35 RBIs.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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The charges are so ridiculous that Lander’s and Baraka’s were immediately dropped, with a judge raking prosecutors over the coals in the latter case.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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Now, with the aid of machine learning algorithms, doctors can comb through thousands of patient records and data points to flag potential cases earlier and more accurately.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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Rescue workers had completed combing the crash site and were now searching for missing people and bodies in the buildings as well as for aircraft parts that could help explain why the plane crashed soon after taking off.—
Sudipto Ganguly,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The jury delivered their verdict on Wednesday, finding Read guilty on only one charge: operating a vehicle under the influence.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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Details on past launches can be found at the end of file.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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The business scans for games, too, helping to create accurate, photo-realistic avatars of, for example, your favorite athletes.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Sophisticated algorithms can scan entire genomes, mapping how thousands of tiny genetic variations interact.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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