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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
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2
as in exited
to leave a place often for another
without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
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as in canoe
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as in bunker
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Recent Examples of dugout
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The comedically top-heavy sausages, which can easily topple forwards into the dirt, temporarily take center stage as the baseball players gaze on in amusement from their dugouts, sometimes wagering on the outcome.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The Yankees threatened with runners in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings, but the Blue Jays were able to head back into the dugout unscathed.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The comedically top-heavy sausages, which can easily topple forwards into the dirt, temporarily take center stage as the baseball players gaze on in amusement from their dugouts, sometimes wagering on the outcome.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
Chinese astronauts dug out tasty treats for the mid-autumn festival, which is a harvest event held every year between mid-September and early October.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
Verb
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On the fashion front, Schumacher, which was founded in New York by Parisian Frederic Schumacher in 1889, has been a pioneer in collaborations from its dawn.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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The firm, which was founded in 2022, will utilize the funding to begin serial turbine production, refine its AI control algorithms, and develop next-generation models for diverse environments.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were inactive, while Emeka Egbuka exited with a hamstring injury and did not return.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Mean Girls star exited the series in 2006, leaving Poehler and the Late Night host with two additional years together before Poehler left in 2008.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are also boat tours, kayak and canoe rentals, hiking, and fishing within the park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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Seminoles were able to row their canoes on the river right up to the building to conduct business with Frank.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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In an unexpected twist, ousted Vought International CEO Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) appeared, along with his supe granddaughter Zoe Neumann (Olivia Morandin), to help the group defeat Vikor before sweeping them all off to Edgar’s Homelander-proof bunker.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Edgar takes everyone to his underground bunker, where the remainder of the episode takes place.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While preachers preached, D’Angelo learned ministry from the choir stand, leading the flock to epiphany one measure at a time.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Here's what other caregivers have learned.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The fort once protected Calliaqua Bay, where ships loaded with sugar departed for England during colonial times.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Senate departed for the weekend on Thursday following a 10th failed vote on the clean GOP measure, and the House has been on recess for the past four weeks in a bid to pressure Democrats to accept that bill.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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Julie Andrews was repeatedly toppled by helicopter downdrafts while filming the opening scene, the rowboat sequence nearly ended in disaster when the boat capsized and Gretl (Kym Karath) almost drowned.—
Cathy Whitlock,
Architectural Digest,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chinese-style mud houses line the lake’s edge—their curved roofs reflected in still waters as wooden rowboats drift past floating lanterns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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There was certainly a whole thing about not putting your head above the parapet.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Roan performs on a set that looks like a massive Gothic castle with a drawbridge, parapets and a throne.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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