as in to search
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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as in to find
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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Recent Examples of dredge
John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The lake was fully dredged in 1946 and partially dredged in 1970.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Like broccoli dredged in eggs and breadcrumbs then fried in olive oil.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.
—Bob Morris, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Workers dredged the Great Brook afterward, using bulldozers to clear unsightly logjams (which can act as natural flood barriers), and rechannelled the stream.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The lake was fully dredged in 1946 and partially dredged in 1970.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Like broccoli dredged in eggs and breadcrumbs then fried in olive oil.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.
—Bob Morris, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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