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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 dredged
In the film, Emma Stone's Bella Baxter is dredged from the river after dying by suicide, then reanimated by Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), possessing the body of a woman and the brain of a baby.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Sand dredged from the harbor entrance is used to replenish Oceanside beaches, mostly north of Tyson Street and the municipal pier.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The item will then be dredged and lifted from the water so researchers can attempt to identify it.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Soaked in a meaty mushroom stock, dredged in flour, and dunked in buttermilk, these crispy, tender mushrooms are extra delicious.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
All that was left to do was promote it, in a way he hasn’t been asked to do in years, and to wait and see how millions of viewers react to a story dredged out of horror-story reimaginings into something aiming for plainspoken truth.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 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
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Sand dredged from the harbor entrance is used to replenish Oceanside beaches, mostly north of Tyson Street and the municipal pier.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The item will then be dredged and lifted from the water so researchers can attempt to identify it.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Soaked in a meaty mushroom stock, dredged in flour, and dunked in buttermilk, these crispy, tender mushrooms are extra delicious.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
All that was left to do was promote it, in a way he hasn’t been asked to do in years, and to wait and see how millions of viewers react to a story dredged out of horror-story reimaginings into something aiming for plainspoken truth.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredged
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As Venezuelans have slowly emerged from their homes to buy groceries, see family, and go back to work, many are leaving their phones at home, concerned about their devices being searched by armed supporters of the government known as colectivos.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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All price checks were searched online except Trader Joe’s.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Buildings tilt as their foundations settle into the softening soil, including critical radar installations that have scanned the skies for missiles and bombers since the 1950s.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The technology was trialled at last year’s Intercontinental Cup, where the players of Flamengo and Pyramids FC were scanned before their meeting in December.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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To help verify the deportees' stories for Human Rights Watch, the team of students combed through open source data for weeks.—
Mirella Brussani,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Searchers combed the area on foot and by helicopter and trapped four bears.—
Emily Wanderer,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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As for the face touch, when he was raked across the face by New Orleans’ Jordan Poole, on a play ruled a transition take foul, Larsson smiled afterward.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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Regalado raked it through my damp hair in sections before putting my hair in finger coils.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
15 Dec. 2025
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More than half of the agents surveyed had at least one home delisted in Q4 2025.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Among the 10 industries surveyed, government faces the steepest challenges due to legacy systems.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Dredged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredged. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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