dredge

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Recent Examples of dredge Batiquitos Lagoon, also in Carlsbad, is dredged less often as environmental mitigation for the Port of Los Angeles. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025 Colombia could have avoided the specter of a landlocked Leticia had dredged the smaller branch of the Amazon River that now flows past the town. John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025 Foley said the most feasible solution may be making use of sand built up in the Prado Dam, which needs to be dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 The fact that Ryan Murphy’s American Love Story is shooting in the neighborhood is dredging everything back up again. Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dredge
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Verb
  • The cooler will be searched and tagged at the gate.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The private archeological company exclusively searches for treasure and artifacts from the 1715 Treasure Fleet, a fleet of Spanish ships that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715 while carrying massive amounts of precious cargo, per the organization’s official website.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Absent Karen’s presence to hold the fire, however, all eyes are laser-focused on the comings and goings of Stacey Rusch, who is raked through the coals on her reunion debut.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Remove infested plants and rake out any debris.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the two stop, Wallen asked the officer to comb his hair before taking any photos.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Detectives, according to police officials, are interviewing witnesses and combing through surveillance video in an effort to identify suspects.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Drivers from outside of Finneytown, using GPS to find Dutch Bros, don't know alternate routes to the store.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Analyzing its grocery orders that included candy in 2024, Instacart found each state's Halloween candy preferences.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There are many phone apps that shoppers can use in the grocery store to scan product barcodes and gauge how healthy food items are, like Yuka, Bobby Approved and Fooducate.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In seconds, anyone in the room can join the fun simply by scanning a QR code.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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