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she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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While the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University in Mantua Township, N.J. has been busy with digging up the past, its future is now set with an opening date.
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This was the kind of odd, even morbid artifact that SNL has accumulated in spades over the years—and the 50th-anniversary celebration could have benefited from digging up more of them.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
If the lily bulbs have been dug up and stored in a cool, dry location, do not water them.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
Hospital ‘under complete siege’ Video obtained by CNN showed Israeli military bulldozers digging up a road outside the Jenin government hospital on Tuesday evening, leaving piles of rubble in front of the driveway by morning.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This was the kind of odd, even morbid artifact that SNL has accumulated in spades over the years—and the 50th-anniversary celebration could have benefited from digging up more of them.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
If the lily bulbs have been dug up and stored in a cool, dry location, do not water them.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
Hospital ‘under complete siege’ Video obtained by CNN showed Israeli military bulldozers digging up a road outside the Jenin government hospital on Tuesday evening, leaving piles of rubble in front of the driveway by morning.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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