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as in hung on
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as in chowed (down)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dug in
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Yorke’s wife, Dajana, was curled up next to him, engrossed in a Murakami novel.—
Zoe Si,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025 -
Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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But he’s kept up with the Panthers, even while serving as Stanford’s interim coach in the fall.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, wage growth hasn’t kept up with rising costs for less affluent households, forcing them to stop buying other things.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bidunga feasted on the Baylor bigs inside while racking up blocks on the other end.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2026
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However, hitters feasted on his low-90s fastball, making tons of hard contact.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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That data is fed into Logitech Sync to give managers more information for planning better use of their meeting spaces.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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But the Lightning responded with four straight goals, including one just 33 seconds after Toffoli scored, as winger Nikita Kucherov pounced on a turnover by defenseman Sam Dickinson and fed Anthony Cirelli, who found Brandon Hagel with a diagonal seam pass for a tap-in.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Dug in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dug%20in. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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