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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
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as in to move
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 dig out
In the basement, Reiss had the floor of the kitchen dug out three and a half feet to gain height for the ceiling.
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
The English teacher dug out the real recommendation from his briefcase.
—Adam Patric Miller, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Suddenly, there’s a late-season hole from which the football team must dig out.
—Joey Knight, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
Two feet tall, its design of a crucified Christ positioned above the skull of Adam was dug out from a copper ground, filled with powdered glass mixed with metallic oxides and fired to achieve an extraordinary array of colors, both delicate and bright.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
The English teacher dug out the real recommendation from his briefcase.
—Adam Patric Miller, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Suddenly, there’s a late-season hole from which the football team must dig out.
—Joey Knight, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
Two feet tall, its design of a crucified Christ positioned above the skull of Adam was dug out from a copper ground, filled with powdered glass mixed with metallic oxides and fired to achieve an extraordinary array of colors, both delicate and bright.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ellison’s challenge is to find opportunities for expansion.Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
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Also with eight turnovers during that time, the Celtics found all sorts of ways to fall behind despite their strong outside shooting.Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Zack Minasian has been moved up as his general manger–Zack’s older brother Perry is the GM of the Los Angeles Angels.Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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And the private sector is moving swiftly to meet growing demand for zero-carbon technologies and materials.Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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These answers bring you one step closer to being kinder to yourself and learning to embrace time alone.Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The crowd looked up at a screen, learning her words, willing to be changed.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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There needs to be balance and some states should exit the program.David Shepardson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Clients may lose faith in your ability to protect more than just their data and may decide to exit.Steve Gickling, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Gupta provides an example of Bayer, which is developing a cutting-edge platform to help discover insights from images.Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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After Chen’s body was discovered, Dawson was located at a nearby island with his wallet and passport, according to authorities.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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By dawn, Assad had departed Damascus for Russia, without a word to the people his family had ruled—and gassed, imprisoned, tortured, and murdered—for a half century.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Following a tribute to Ramos’ career at the network, the TV anchor shared a few departing words to viewers at home.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Over 15 major airlines, including Delta, United, Air Canada, British Airways and Lufthansa, plan to integrate this feature into their customer service processes for locating mishandled or delayed baggage.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Their new flagship charging station is a far cry from their outposts typically located at the far end of a giant parking lot connected to a Walmart or Meijer.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
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The video showed that the girl tried to get Witcher's attention to go to the bathroom but when Witcher finally checked on her two hours later, the child had urinated on herself, the document said.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Dec. 2024
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Students can get Hulu with ads for $1.99 a month, and Hulu with no ads costs $17.99 a month.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20out. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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