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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
After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
But for too long, that carbon has come from the wrong places—dug up from beneath the Earth in the form of oil, gas, and coal.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities dug up the patio, and a dog alerted to the topsoil in that area, police have said.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
The video shows grass and dirt dug up and scattered, while Bear rests inside, blissfully unaware of the extent of the upheaval.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The press’s founder, Nicola Beauman, dug up a copy some years ago, when researching British women writers from the nineteen-thirties.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
Northwestern hasn’t decided how tall its new building will be, or where visitors will park, and the old VA building’s remaining three-story basement needs to be dug up and demolished, said Charles Cloutier, Northwestern Medicine’s project vice president for planning and construction.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The tools were dug up from a sandstone layer within a present-day cornfield.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
But for too long, that carbon has come from the wrong places—dug up from beneath the Earth in the form of oil, gas, and coal.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities dug up the patio, and a dog alerted to the topsoil in that area, police have said.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
The video shows grass and dirt dug up and scattered, while Bear rests inside, blissfully unaware of the extent of the upheaval.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The press’s founder, Nicola Beauman, dug up a copy some years ago, when researching British women writers from the nineteen-thirties.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
Northwestern hasn’t decided how tall its new building will be, or where visitors will park, and the old VA building’s remaining three-story basement needs to be dug up and demolished, said Charles Cloutier, Northwestern Medicine’s project vice president for planning and construction.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The tools were dug up from a sandstone layer within a present-day cornfield.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dug up
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Best known for its custom furniture and traditional-leaning aesthetic, The Inside, like Havenly, was also female-founded.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ermiya Fanaeian, a transgender woman of color and formerly a diversity director at the University of Utah, founded AQSLC after parting ways with the Pink Pistols, an LGBT organization advocating in support of firearm safety and bearing arms as a means of self-defense.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Some air carriers learned the right lessons.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The dialogue will explore her career milestones and the philosophies that have shaped her artistry, including the practice of detachment, a theme both Jones and Akil connect to through lessons learned from Oprah Winfrey.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
13 Sep. 2025
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Planetary Healing As Governance Template When scientists discovered the expanding hole over Antarctica in the 1980s, the world faced a choice between short-term economic interests and long-term planetary survival.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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After being discovered outside the Gladstone Road address, the baby was taken to the hospital, the release noted, without naming the then 25-year-old suspect.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a new study published in Antiquity, researchers from Cambridge and Nottingham examined a 16-feet sediment core from Aldborough in Yorkshire, an important center of metal production located at a former Roman tribal town of Brigantes.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The epicenter was located approximately 11 miles west of Ferndale, at a depth of 10 miles.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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