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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Johnson is remaining tight-lipped on what other characters or subjects will be explored in a TV show next after the Talamasca gets the spotlight.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
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At its best, Task explored the complicated, flawed, but vivid lives of women left to pick up the pieces of broken men.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the most recent study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine investigated the effects of different step thresholds.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The shooting is being investigated by the Kansas City Police Department.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Leslie's murder went cold for years until two new detectives re-examined the evidence in 2022.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Since the nineties, a number of studies have examined the long-term impacts of starvation on fetuses in the womb.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Dug (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dug%20%28into%29. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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