as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Recent Examples of dig up
The main water line remained frozen on Wednesday; the line will have to be dug up and wrapped up in a thermal wrap, Nakasone said.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
Most recently, the account aggressively defended Musk in a December 28 Twitter Space, prompting users to dig up past clues about his alleged secret identity, including a Tesla Space in which Dittmann spoke about Musk in the first person.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
One of the key narrative threads centers on the adult Ellwood (Daveed Diggs) who is forced to confront a wraith-like fallout from the past when numerous boys’ bodies get dug up the Nickel Academy grounds.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The critters dig up the bulbs that my wife spends hours planting.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
Most recently, the account aggressively defended Musk in a December 28 Twitter Space, prompting users to dig up past clues about his alleged secret identity, including a Tesla Space in which Dittmann spoke about Musk in the first person.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
One of the key narrative threads centers on the adult Ellwood (Daveed Diggs) who is forced to confront a wraith-like fallout from the past when numerous boys’ bodies get dug up the Nickel Academy grounds.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The critters dig up the bulbs that my wife spends hours planting.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up
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That lab found trace amounts of the cocaine metabolite, norcocaine.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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ZiPS, a popular player projection model found on FanGraphs, predicts Goldschmidt will hit .250/.325/.437 with 23 homers, 81 RBI, a 116 wRC+ and 2.2 WAR in 2025.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nolan, who was traveling with his parents and younger brother, later learned his flight had been canceled after being pushed back multiple times.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
17 Feb. 2025
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Chicago police officers responded to a call of a person shot overnight at an apartment in the Woodlawn neighborhood and discovered a woman injured and a 38-year-old man fatally wounded.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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According to a press conference Friday morning and a news release, detectives discovered that one of Manzano's credit cards was missing from his wallet, and found that Colbert used the card at several stores around the New Orleans area.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The region is located within Mare Crisium, a 300-mile-wide basin in the northeast quadrant of the moon's near side, that is believed to have been created by early volcanic eruptions and flooded with basaltic lava more than 3 billion years ago.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The specimens were located on the banks of the Chel River in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal after researchers caught wind that it was being consumed by a local tribe, the paper states.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Efforts to dig out the driver and remove sediment have failed, and a drone sent into the hole also made no progress.—
Amir Daftari,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Most people will get HPV, but the vast majority of people show no signs or symptoms.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ferrell is on the cowbell, and fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson’s (Christopher Walken) gotta have more cowbell, baby.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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