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Recent Examples of excavation
Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Fox News Digital spoke with Andrea White, a city archaeologist in St. Augustine, Florida, about the excavation.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Other artifacts The recent excavation also turned up an array of other artifacts that help paint a picture of daily life in a 17th-century military camp.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Moeller, who was promoted from head groundskeeper to director of special projects and field operations prior to 2024 spring training, which was back in Port Charlotte where the 61-year-old also oversees field operations, and his crew had an excavation project on their hands.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Fox News Digital spoke with Andrea White, a city archaeologist in St. Augustine, Florida, about the excavation.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Other artifacts The recent excavation also turned up an array of other artifacts that help paint a picture of daily life in a 17th-century military camp.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Moeller, who was promoted from head groundskeeper to director of special projects and field operations prior to 2024 spring training, which was back in Port Charlotte where the 61-year-old also oversees field operations, and his crew had an excavation project on their hands.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excavation
Noun
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Having survived the World War I trenches and Chicago gangland, the brothers return after seven years to their segregated Mississippi Delta hometown, Clarksdale.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2025
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One of the samples was dug from a scar-like trench called Wessex Cleft and the other from the bottom of a young crater rim in South Massif.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To investigate the origins of the ancient religion, Singh travels to the Mentawai archipelago in Indonesia, a cave in southwest France, and the northwest Amazon.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
1 May 2025
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In Milwaukee, challenges unfolded inside Miller Brewing’s historic caves, Discovery World, Lupi & Iris (a 2023 Beard finalist), and American Family Field.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Expect to jump off small waterfalls, navigate through rocky caverns, and drift beneath thousands of brilliant glowworms lighting up the cave ceiling like a night sky.—
Alexandra Gillespie,
Outside Online,
28 Apr. 2025
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In addition to three obvious places—Carlsbad, Wind Cave, and Mammoth Cave—other national parks have caverns.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the rocky and sandy terrain of the Arabian peninsula, a dangerous creature lurks just below the surface in a burrow.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The tortoises seem to be digging their burrows at higher elevations than normal.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Private patios are planted with succulents and shaded by native trees, while the center of the property is anchored by a sunken dipping pool and communal fire pit perfect for lingering evenings and slow conversations.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Outside entertainment opportunities are further enhanced by the indoor/outdoor bar with pass-through window, a covered outdoor kitchen and fire pit.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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If unable to reach a secure shelter, either crouch down in your car, covering your head, or abandon the vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2025
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The year previous, archaeologists uncovered a large wooden phallus in a ditch at Vindolanda, first thought to be a knitting tool, McClatchy News reported.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The bill passed on April 29 in the middle of Miami-Dade’s own fight over fluoridation of tap water, which the county has been doing since the 1950s as a way to reduce cavities and other dental issues.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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And a city in Canada recently voted to add fluoride back into the drinking water after seeing that local second-graders had significantly higher rates of cavities than those in a neighboring city that fluoridated its water.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
7 May 2025
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Excavation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excavation. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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