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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
Patrick Damp, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
With a mile to go, two traditional dugout canoes led them to the Klamath’s mouth in California, on the Pacific.
—The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The Pirates' complete 2026 coaching staff was announced on Thursday morning and includes five new hires who will be in the dugout this upcoming season.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
With a mile to go, two traditional dugout canoes led them to the Klamath’s mouth in California, on the Pacific.
—The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Verb
Chinese astronauts dug out tasty treats for the mid-autumn festival, which is a harvest event held every year between mid-September and early October.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
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Los Angeles area residents and those in the Oklahoma City region, the site of softball and canoe slalom, who register for the ticket draw will have a chance to secure a time slot during a special early-access window, according to LA28.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The canoe turned over; Pedro disappeared.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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While the sources have spoken about the bunker underneath the East Wing, the White House itself has not acknowledged it publicly.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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By all legitimate accounts, Adolf Hitler died on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker after swallowing a cyanide pill and shooting himself in his right temple.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kinnear exited Talk Soup for his own late-night talk show, NBC's Later with Greg Kinnear.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Reuters reported that talks began late last year after Banijay, which is listed in Amsterdam, exited the chase for ITV Studios, the production arm of UK broadcaster ITV.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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Next comes Emergency Medical Services in a rowboat.—
Rabbi Steve Roth,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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By Caity Weaver My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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At the prow of the building overlooking Madison Square Park, demolition work had exposed part of a parapet wall along what had been a bay window.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
5 Jan. 2026
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The rehabilitation includes a new bridge deck, upgraded drainage system, new parapets, new highway lights and strengthened bridge girders to increase load capacity.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
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The actor's role will be recast, after he was officially charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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So much so that some middle school quarterbacks enter high school having learned only to clap when ready for the ball.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Once the clock struck zero and quarterback Jordan Love’s final prayer fell unanswered in the end zone, Policy swiftly departed without much expression.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Now, New England is once again atop the AFC East, their first division victory since Tom Brady departed Boston.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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