dig out

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Recent Examples of dig out Dolton must dig out from Henyard’s disastrous tenure, and April 1 marks the beginning of that journey. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 Sometimes the borers can also be dug out to start saving the tree. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2025 Before the trucks could tear up the original grass, every sprinkler head had to be dug out of the ground — and there are 3,000 of them. Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 One large circular oven was dug out as a silo, and researchers found a thick floor, which suggests particularly intense fires raged in the oven, possibly used for cooking or ceramics, researchers said. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dig out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig out
Verb
  • Sporting found some moments of control in the second half and finally got a foothold in the game again.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Those few minutes sent students scrambling for cover and barricading themselves around campus until authorities found them.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Our reporters talk to each other and move around candidates from one category to another.
    Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The bill also included moving $1.1 million from the Constitutional Defense Fund into the Legislative Legal Defense Fund.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Investigators also learned that a friend of Johnson's had pawned a handgun for him.
    William Morris, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The police first learned of suspicious behavior from an April 7 call that led them to an 11-year-old boy who said that an unknown man had videotaped him in a restroom.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While stocks may continue their short-term celebration, the long-term sustainability of this rally is being undermined by something few are talking about: a major foreign holder of U.S. debt may be exiting the market in protest.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Wong remained in the game to finish the inning but soon exited.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • It is mounted in a ring by JAR, and ranks among the rarest and most important diamonds ever discovered.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Food and Drug Administration discovered that some of the administration’s aggressive layoffs left the agency without key personnel.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fields and Wilson departed this offseason, while backup Skylar Thompson was signed and Rudolph returned, possibly starting if the Steelers don't sign Rodgers and make a big trade.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • King said records show the plane arrived there March 22 and departed the day of the crash.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • They can be used to diagnose muscle or bone conditions, identify bone breaks or fractures, locate tumors, infection or blood clots, help guide doctors during surgeries, biopsies or radiation therapy, and find places of internal bleeding after trauma.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Deputies located Podoll near the scene and detained him.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Perry shared a series of photographs of Lucio growing up: at 3 months, 7 months, and a year old, with his hair getting longer and curlier each time, before bringing the now 18-month-old Lucio into the video.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In the game, Joel intercedes by shoving the man, Seth, and telling him to get the hell out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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