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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Their rise has caught the attention of big banks and the largest payments networks—so much so that Mastercard has explored stablecoin acquisitions of its own.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025 -
There are new pairings to be explored!—
Michael Seater,
Them.,
11 Nov. 2025
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The department then placed Kinsleigh with her grandfather, Brian Welty, between 2018 and 2021, while DCS investigated the case, according to the complaint.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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The cause of the incident is now being investigated.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Dug (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dug%20%28into%29. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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