as in found
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
Despite her expertise, renovating her own space came with some apprehension — and dug up past pain.
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Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
The 2016 law creating the nonpartisan America250 commission mandated that a time capsule be buried in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026, and dug up 250 years later in 2276.
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Holly Ramer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
In earlier seasons, producers and contestants never had to think about what could be dug up from a contestant's social media history.
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Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.
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Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
The fossil economy was built on extraction and combustion, where fuels are dug up, shipped, burned and mostly wasted as heat; the electric economy is built on manufacturing, software, grids, devices and efficiency, where technologies improve, scale and connect.
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Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Different people dug up the clay, shaped and fired it into bricks, carted them to the site, and mortared them in place.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
So Jackelen also dug up the longest streaks in history by pitchers allowing no extra-base hits and no more than one hit.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Taller varieties need staking, and the bulbs should be dug up and stored during winter in cold climates.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
The 2016 law creating the nonpartisan America250 commission mandated that a time capsule be buried in Philadelphia on July 4, 2026, and dug up 250 years later in 2276.
—
Holly Ramer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
In earlier seasons, producers and contestants never had to think about what could be dug up from a contestant's social media history.
—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
The director uses her loose crime movie template to chronicle a place still trapped in its troubled past — a past that gets dug up like all the ancient artifacts excavated by Veska and her crew — while facing a future of inertia and decline.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
The fossil economy was built on extraction and combustion, where fuels are dug up, shipped, burned and mostly wasted as heat; the electric economy is built on manufacturing, software, grids, devices and efficiency, where technologies improve, scale and connect.
—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Different people dug up the clay, shaped and fired it into bricks, carted them to the site, and mortared them in place.
—
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
So Jackelen also dug up the longest streaks in history by pitchers allowing no extra-base hits and no more than one hit.
—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Taller varieties need staking, and the bulbs should be dug up and stored during winter in cold climates.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dug up
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Amazon‘s Wondery is aiming to amplify the game of Boardroom, the media company founded by NBA champion Kevin Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman, under a wide-ranging deal.
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Things to do Menorca’s art scene dates from the 1960s when the Grupo Menorca founded the island’s first contemporary art gallery.
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The team learned that Pumphrey enlisted in 1777 after leaving his home in Anne Arundel County and traveling to Baltimore City to build a new life for himself.
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The partnership came together after Keating learned that Gerber was already using Uni’s products.
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Nathan quickly discovered that limited money forces difficult choices.
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Relatives of a woman discovered dead by her son with her neck slashed in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment building are appealing to the public for help with funeral expenses.
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Café Momentum is located at 282 Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh.
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The 4,000-acre Coptic blaze, located further south in Everglades National Park, is less than half contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
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