dig for
verb
dug for; digging for; digs for
: to search for (something) by digging
miners digging for coal
—often used figurativelyThe police have been digging for clues to help solve this murder.
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The city began digging for the project – that's why the Plaisance is a little bit lower than street level to this day – but the money ran out and the project was halted.
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Broncos players will be in their new locker room and digs for training camp next month.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Junior outside hitter Carter Geiger added six kills and nine digs for Lincoln-Way East (28-10), which won its third straight regional title and 18th overall.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Dug-Up Garden Burrowing is part of a squirrel's survival method, whether to dig for shelter or food storage.
—Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
In an essay for Business Insider, the video producer wrote that the two had been splashing around the ocean and digging for shells when her husband's ring slipped off his finger.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
In Canada, those minerals sit in the same rock formations where miners already dig for copper, nickel, and diamonds, or explore for critical green transition metals like lithium and cobalt.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Broncos players will be in their new locker room and digs for training camp next month.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Junior outside hitter Carter Geiger added six kills and nine digs for Lincoln-Way East (28-10), which won its third straight regional title and 18th overall.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Dug-Up Garden Burrowing is part of a squirrel's survival method, whether to dig for shelter or food storage.
—Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
In an essay for Business Insider, the video producer wrote that the two had been splashing around the ocean and digging for shells when her husband's ring slipped off his finger.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
In Canada, those minerals sit in the same rock formations where miners already dig for copper, nickel, and diamonds, or explore for critical green transition metals like lithium and cobalt.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
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“Dig for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20for. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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