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
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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Advertisement In some respects, Patagonia has hardly changed since Chouinard founded the company.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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With no clear winner yet, the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors, a public-private platform founded by the European Commission in 2024, has been edging its bets.—
Anna Heim,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In those brief exchanges, the MLA team has learned that legal protection for migrant workers becomes something tangible, proof that someone is looking out for them.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Andrew Cherng brought something else best learned from his hands-on experience.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Overnight, customers discovered that their formerly frisky bots had turned frigid, some morphing into befuddled entities who seemed to be suffering from brain injuries.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the same submersible dive, the crew discovered Paraliparis em, or the sleek snailfish.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The epicenter was located about 34 miles west-northwest of Petrolia, at a depth of 7 miles.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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To qualify for a portion of the county arts funding, organizations must be active 501(c)3 entities, located and operating in Milwaukee County, organized for the primary purpose of producing or presenting the arts, and open to the general public, according to the county's application terms.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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