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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
Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Dortmund, who are 10th in the 18-team German Bundesliga, have held meetings and made checks on Rashford but are hesitant to commit to a proposal until there is clarity on who will lead their team from the dugout.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The riverfront stadium is currently undergoing renovations to become MLB-ready, which includes the construction of a new home clubhouse and upgrades to the grass playing surface, dugouts, lighting, media areas and other amenities.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
The teams fled the field through the dugouts in groups, then locked themselves in their clubhouses.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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The Basque was yellow carded for mouthing from the dugout as Barca led 4-1 after mounting a comeback for the ages.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Dortmund, who are 10th in the 18-team German Bundesliga, have held meetings and made checks on Rashford but are hesitant to commit to a proposal until there is clarity on who will lead their team from the dugout.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The riverfront stadium is currently undergoing renovations to become MLB-ready, which includes the construction of a new home clubhouse and upgrades to the grass playing surface, dugouts, lighting, media areas and other amenities.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
The teams fled the field through the dugouts in groups, then locked themselves in their clubhouses.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
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The short trail passes faithful re-creations of domed huts and paperbark canoes, offering a glimpse of how the Indigenous Needwonnee people lived and cultivated the land.—
Justin Meneguzzi,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Groth of Any Thyme Catering and her team show off one of their catering feats, a canoe filled with various snacks and bites to eat.—
Kendall Larson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Spoiler alert: The twist here is all of this is taking place in a massive underground bunker with no explanation as to what got everyone down there in the first place.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Yes, Paradise is yet another show about creating or living in a bunker of apocalypse survivors.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ellsworth Cemetery was founded by a small cadre of Black Civil War Veterans in 1876 to provide a burial ground for the African American community in and around Westminster.—
Diane Boettcher,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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The first settlement in McLeod County was Glencoe, which was founded in June 1855 by a party of settlers led by Martin McLeod.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Spurgeon sustained an injury during the play and exited the game.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Despite this, the number of animals in shelters remains high—in the first half of 2024, 322,000 more pets entered shelters than exited them.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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After that, the cast headed out on their first mission, which required them to paddle a rowboat around the loch and capture a maximum of $40,000 while leaving two contestants at each of the five pontoons along the way, which also left them vulnerable to be the first one murdered.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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In another, overlooking a Han River marina, there are three interlocking layers: water (most of the picture), hilly horizon, and, at left, a scalloped edge of rowboats and storage sheds that pulls your eyes downward.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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And to allay the fears of brownstone-dwellers: A cornice is not a parapet, so most brownstones don’t actually have parapets.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
9 Oct. 2024
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About 100 parapet caps were taken from a bridge near Ryecroft Lane and tossed into Harpeth River sometime on Aug. 7, Franklin Police said.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
12 Aug. 2024
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Villalobos said the teens learned about the role of an officer in the courtroom.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2025
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Half of them learned the language in the morning and returned in the evening to have their memory tested.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Multiple other execs in the C-suite departed in the time since, most recently president and chief operating officer Chris Ruble, who was terminated in December.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2025
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One surprisingly active club has been the Athletics, who have departed Oakland and will play their home games in Sacramento in the near term.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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