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dug (into)

verb

Definition of dug (into)

past tense of dig (into)

as in explored

to search through or into we anxiously dug into the old records that we found in the 19th-century house that we were restoring

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These experiments explored how different configurations could support coordinated object handling, transportation, and movement across challenging terrain.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Lee has explored beyond design concepts through the fictional landscapes of Dune, as with The Hidden Secrets of Dune’s Darkest Planet, and Lord of the Rings.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2026

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The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

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