DREDGED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

dredged

verb

past tense of dredge

as in searched

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name

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After recapturing Jerusalem’s Holy Temple, which had been converted into a place of idol worship, the website says, the Maccabees searched for pure oil with which to light the Temple menorah.

Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
After later receiving a 911 call from the teenagers, other transit officers identified the man on another subway train and radioed ahead to the next station, where more officers kept the train doors closed, searched each car and ultimately apprehended him without incident, Gulotta said.

Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024

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