Examples of dig up in a Sentence
she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Images show the process of paving over the Rose Garden, first with construction crews digging up the grass, then poles and mud in the garden area.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The difficulty lies not just in the cost -- which will end up totaling about a year of the waste management division's annual budget -- but also in the logistical headache of digging up the city's streets.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
So basically, their awful demise is now a sense of joy for the people that are down there digging up the bones.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Law enforcement also uses LexisNexis tools to dig up information on suspects.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The difficulty lies not just in the cost -- which will end up totaling about a year of the waste management division's annual budget -- but also in the logistical headache of digging up the city's streets.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
So basically, their awful demise is now a sense of joy for the people that are down there digging up the bones.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Law enforcement also uses LexisNexis tools to dig up information on suspects.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dig up
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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