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as in canoe
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as in bunker
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
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as in exited
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 dugout
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Peralta got Adames to pop out — but Adames chatted and jawed with those in the Brewers’ dugout during warmups.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Schultz, 21, remained in the dugout to watch Smith, 21, the following inning.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The two benches clashed afterwards, with angry scenes in the dugout, including a water bottle being thrown.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Eighty per cent of all destruction, from a tank to an enemy dugout, is carried out directly by drones.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Peralta got Adames to pop out — but Adames chatted and jawed with those in the Brewers’ dugout during warmups.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Schultz, 21, remained in the dugout to watch Smith, 21, the following inning.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
The two benches clashed afterwards, with angry scenes in the dugout, including a water bottle being thrown.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
Noun
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Equipment used on the pond, including paddleboards, a rowboat, a canoe, life jackets and more, is included with the sale of the property.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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No archeological evidence of boats has been found in the area, but there is other evidence of sea-faring Sicilians, as well as 7,000-year-old dugout canoes found in Italy’s Lake Bracciano.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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The troops planned to tie and blindfold the officials, then take them to an underground military bunker for interrogation, prosecutors said.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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There aren’t huge storage facilities; no bunkers with doors big enough for thousands of priceless art to be contained.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After his wife, Helen, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Stewart founded Race Against Dementia in 2016 to implement F1 processes in the fight.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2025
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Among the antique and vintage jewelry dealers, Didier Ltd., founded by Didier and Martine Haspeslagh, specializes in jewels by mid- to late-20th century artists purchased on the secondary market.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Despite this, the number of animals in shelters remains high—in the first half of 2024, 322,000 more pets entered shelters than exited them.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Our emphasis on clear succession planning ensured smooth transitions when leaders moved roles or exited.—
Padmakumar Nair,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Besides simply taking in the beauty of some 2,600 trees, visitors can rent rowboats and buy food and drinks at numerous food stalls.—
Katherine LaGrave,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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The two end their day with a romantic ride in a rowboat, which Grant has no clue how to operate.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then, as the credits sequence continues through the creative team, things get more ominous: Monkeys assemble together, climbing the parapets, even as someone tries to hold them off (?) with a spider.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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And to allay the fears of brownstone-dwellers: A cornice is not a parapet, so most brownstones don’t actually have parapets.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
9 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The other half learned Mini Pinyin in the evening, slept through the night and had their memory tested the next morning.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.—
Veralyn Williams,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2025
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Multiple other execs in the C-suite departed in the time since, most recently president and chief operating officer Chris Ruble, who was terminated in December.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2025
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One surprisingly active club has been the Athletics, who have departed Oakland and will play their home games in Sacramento in the near term.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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