as in to find
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 dig up
Others have reported destruction by the pigs as well, including Mendez's neighbor, whose landscape had been dug up, and Barbara Bush Middle School.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Farming developed much later in tropical zones because digging up plants with tools from soft, warm, moist soil was so much easier than in climates with harder, drier soil that required irrigation.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Our writer untangles a mystery dug up by the turtle counters.
—Mark Sundeen, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
Disney+ is digging up a familiar IP for its next original series.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Farming developed much later in tropical zones because digging up plants with tools from soft, warm, moist soil was so much easier than in climates with harder, drier soil that required irrigation.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Our writer untangles a mystery dug up by the turtle counters.
—Mark Sundeen, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2025
Disney+ is digging up a familiar IP for its next original series.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up
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Target is also where customers can find Tisdale's other Being Frenshe bodycare products.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Dropbox helps filmmakers and creative teams find, organize, and secure all the files that are important to any project.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Really humble, looking to do extra, looking to learn from players, from coaches, eager to get better.—
Eduardo A. Encina,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2025
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Actors who have worked with Kelce describe him as eager to learn and a pleasure to be around on set – something that might sound very familiar to his football coaches over his career.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Nearly four years after Gabby Petito’s remains were discovered in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, Netflix is set to release a new docuseries into the shocking murder of the #vanlife vlogger by her then-fiancé, Brian Laundrie.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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This refuge provided temporary shelter until it was discovered in 1942.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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This comes as a think tank has recommended the U.S. should improve its ability to strike Chinese forces in order to protect its airfields located in the Western Pacific Ocean.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Next, Israeli intelligence officials successfully located and assassinated Hezbollah’s top leadership.—
Hanin Ghaddar,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement The fairy tale version of this is that the men napped beneath an oak tree, where Lopez dreamed of gold and then woke up and dug out the magic onions.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Loading your audio article Clear skies, cold temperatures and gusty winds will greet residents Wednesday throughout the Baltimore region as the area continues to dig out from heavy snows that fell earlier this week.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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Both Arsenal and Manchester City got the job done in the Champions League in midweek with Arsenal securing automatic progress while City scraped their way through to the play-off places.—
Darren Richman,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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The Chicago Sky just got bigger — and a whole lot better from behind the arc — in the first official day of WNBA free agency.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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