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as in canoe
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as in bunker
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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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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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Recent Examples of dugout
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Minnesota Twins' Ryan Kreidler celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 28, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Gilbert public works employee Rob Johnson dug out an aging water meter within the Ashland Ranch community on March 3 as part of the field work audit that began in February.
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Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Members of the Red Sox in the dugout turned and pointed out a fan to a nearby security guard.
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Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Minnesota Twins' Ryan Kreidler celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 28, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
Verb
Six days after the Twin Cities metro dug out from more than a foot of heavy wet snow, people are basking in the warmth of near 70-degree temperatures.
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Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Gilbert public works employee Rob Johnson dug out an aging water meter within the Ashland Ranch community on March 3 as part of the field work audit that began in February.
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Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
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Exhibits are displayed in six different rooms and a canoe house.
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After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
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This one turns out to be more of a bunker, really, carved into a Norwegian cliff face.
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The 33-year-old, playing at TPC River Highlands for the ninth time, was in a bunker 80 feet from the 13th hole after his second shot on the 526-yard par-5.
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America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
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Dioz was co-founded by Johnny, 44, and his brother Tony in 2006.
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The autopsy also found that a gunshot wound entered Wiley on the right side of his chest and exited on the left side of his chest, Crump said.
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Getty Images Two more players have exited the FC Barcelona first team fold with the start of a new month.
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On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.
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Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.
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The red brick building, with its geometric parapet wall and barrel plank ceiling, was built in the 1930s.
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That only occurs in a police state when a critical mass of disenchantment begins to see itself as the majority, and confident enough to raise its head above the parapet.
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Investigators on the case were able to track the Dodge Ram to the dealership and learned that Fleming purchased it in cash and traded in the Dodge Challenger.
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Since this World Cup began, how many people have learned about Cape Verde, the small nation off the west coast of Africa?
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The Netherlands team departed Kansas City early Wednesday, after losing their Round of 32 match, and Algeria officially left Lawrence, even though the team has yet to play its knockout match.
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Barcelona views Alvarez as their primary target to fill the void left by Robert Lewandowski, who recently departed for Chicago Fire.
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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