DREDGED (UP) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

dredged (up)

verb

past tense of dredge (up)

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate

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Kindred Black, founded in 2014 by Alice Kindred Wells and Jennifer Black Francis, illustrates the model.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Malone, who founded the company in 1999, will step down as chairman emeritus but remain a senior advisor.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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Investigators learned that White was under state supervision and wearing a GPS monitoring device, and quickly located and arrested him at a restaurant in New Britain.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Variety has learned that Harry Styles has had discussions about the part, and Theo James, 41, also hasn’t been ruled out.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

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The 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest is located about a 140-mile drive northwest from uptown Charlotte.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026
Power fuel cells can be built small enough to fit on top of a tractor-trailer, allowing them to be transported and located nearly anywhere.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

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Covering an area of the sky equivalent to 19 full moons, as seen from our vantage point, this cosmic Kaiju was discovered in late 2022 by Japanese astronomers using data from the Subaru Telescope.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
The film was made with emerging directors discovered by the lab, who raised investment and set up their own studio, and the lab’s work drew backing from Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

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