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
Sharon Lake was last dredged from 1986 to 1988.
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Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
The company also dredged the Batiquitos Lagoon at the border of Carlsbad and Encinitas in the winter of 2023 to maintain a restoration completed there in the mid-1990s.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
—Literary Hub, 29 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
Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
The company also dredged the Batiquitos Lagoon at the border of Carlsbad and Encinitas in the winter of 2023 to maintain a restoration completed there in the mid-1990s.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
—Literary Hub, 29 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredged
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Ashley searched the property, then called her sister-in-law, Heather, to ask if Athena was at her home up the hill.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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British police subsequently launched a criminal probe and searched Mandelson’s houses in London and western England.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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When one landowner stuck a fireworks stand on the property across the way and was letting consumers shoot them off on-site, Foreman fought it by founding the Church of Peace and Quiet.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ksubi Ksubi is celebrating 420 by dropping a new capsule collection with STAYME70, the premium cannabis brand founded by former professional basketball player Carmelo Anthony.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Once in a while, black flats compress the space, framing a single character’s face, bathed in a bleaching white light, as if their vulnerabilities were being scanned by an MRI.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Formatting breaks, conversions get messy, and scanned documents feel painful to work with.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To investigate the question, the team first combed through genomic, metabolic, and other data.—
Brianna Abbott,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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Police sealed off the building and blocked several roads, while forensic experts in white protective suits combed the area for evidence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Folsom crews worked Monday to repair a large sinkhole that opened in the city’s Lexington Hills neighborhood during weekend storm that raked across the capital region.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Police say Ortiz raked Rihanna’s Beverly Crest property with an assault rifle, striking an Airstream trailer on the property, the singer’s home and a neighbor’s home.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Young added that about half of the teams surveyed are already using AI-native simulation platforms in production, even as traditional methods still account for a slight majority of total workloads.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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The poll surveyed 1,000 American adults from March 26-30.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Dredged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredged. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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