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to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Recent Examples of dug up
Many remains never were found, and a couple of years ago, workers in the adjacent Denver Botanical Gardens dug up an arm bone.
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
The road was dug up as part of pre-monsoon preparations undertaken by the city’s municipal authorities.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The remains being reburied were dug up between 1868 and 1924 and donated to the Hunterian museum at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Rhizomes promote its spread in the garden, but they are easily dug up where Canyon Prince has expanded beyond the space allotted to it.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
Homicide investigators dug up the pile but, like with the other searches, found nothing that could lead to a resolution of the mystery.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Douglas Lyons made his Broadway playwriting debut with Chicken and Biscuits, a family comedy set at a funeral where old dirt gets dug up.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
The researchers dug up 6,594 solar twins within roughly 1,000 light-years of Earth.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
My dog slipped outside and dug up the neighbor’s garden.
—Florence Taylor Barner, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
The road was dug up as part of pre-monsoon preparations undertaken by the city’s municipal authorities.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The remains being reburied were dug up between 1868 and 1924 and donated to the Hunterian museum at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
Rhizomes promote its spread in the garden, but they are easily dug up where Canyon Prince has expanded beyond the space allotted to it.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
Homicide investigators dug up the pile but, like with the other searches, found nothing that could lead to a resolution of the mystery.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Douglas Lyons made his Broadway playwriting debut with Chicken and Biscuits, a family comedy set at a funeral where old dirt gets dug up.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
The researchers dug up 6,594 solar twins within roughly 1,000 light-years of Earth.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
My dog slipped outside and dug up the neighbor’s garden.
—Florence Taylor Barner, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dug up
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Its founding principles—informed by an environmentally-conscious ethos and values which ‘protect the islands, support local communities, and do business in a…fair and future-focused way,’ says Dixon—mirrored those at Nikoi, and still hold strong today.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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And the three who founded it in 1998 ran two unlicensed boarding schools in Missouri that have since been closed amid abuse allegations.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Police said investigator reviewed additional video and learned the suspect had placed hidden cameras in at least two other parks.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Chance first learned about the crash when Tanya’s iPhone issued an SOS alert.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Will County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Monday that more remains have been found in the same location where the bones of a missing man were discovered last week.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gerald Lopez, who taught English and coached sports at the East County school, was arrested in 2022 by El Cajon police after the then-17-year-old girl’s mother discovered a series of text messages between her daughter and Lopez.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The investigation centers around Scrooge Sul, located at 1149 13th Street.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The backstory Bãi San Hô, purchased in 2014 by French hotelier Arnaud Zannier, is the sixth hotel in the Zannier Hotels portfolio–others are located in Namibia, Cambodia and France (another opening in France is set to happen later in 2026).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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