as in searched
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
Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
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Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Then there’s disposal of material dredged from channels, along with equipment rental and traffic control.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
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
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Then there’s disposal of material dredged from channels, along with equipment rental and traffic control.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredged
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Broward home searched The Broward home searched by FBI agents is owned by Debra Kerr, a past sales representative for AllHere Education.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Raids on two coasts Along with Carvalho’s San Pedro home and office at LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, the FBI provided an address in Florida that was searched Wednesday morning.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Anthropic was founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI staff and researchers, including Dario Amodei, who left the company after disagreements over its direction.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Authorities’ security concerns surrounding the burial location are well founded.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In October, dogs specially trained in human remains detection scanned the area where Mercury had confessed to leaving Cheryl’s body.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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For the Academy’s restoration, the original 35mm picture negative was scanned at 4k and digitally restored in a 4k workflow.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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After Friedmann’s arrest, Hall’s staff had combed through two million hours of footage from the Downtown Detention Center’s six hundred cameras, compiling a reel of Friedmann’s every movement in the jail.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said, as rescue crews combed the rubble.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The bear had raked a paw down the back of the tent, ripping it wide open.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
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The deck is now so stacked against consumers that 47% of all homeowners’ claims were closed with no payout at all in 2024, when hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton raked the state.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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Officers surveyed the damage and didn’t require too much of Borsutzki and Kurban.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Staff surveyed infrastructure like roads, stormwater systems and transportation connections and reviewed zoning.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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