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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
Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The last player to leave the first-base dugout Wednesday after the final out of the 2025 season was New York Yankees star Juan Soto.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
But when the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound before hoisting the commissioner’s trophy high into the New York night.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Many foods and drinks are salty, including—as Tremble noted—the cups of Gatorade that those guys are always swilling in the dugout.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Had this happened in the Little League World Series, the camera would have panned to the coach standing outside the dugout, who would have implored his outfielder to use two hands when catching the ball.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The last player to leave the first-base dugout Wednesday after the final out of the 2025 season was New York Yankees star Juan Soto.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
But when the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound before hoisting the commissioner’s trophy high into the New York night.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Many foods and drinks are salty, including—as Tremble noted—the cups of Gatorade that those guys are always swilling in the dugout.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
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And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The home also has a two-story pool house with plenty of storage for water toys, like kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
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The women in the bunker have some memory of life before captivity, but the girl does not.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kaufman had been in Kiev in the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion and had been in the bunker with the Ukrainian leader during the perilous first days of the conflict.Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
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Langford founded and is the coach for the Avon High School debate team.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Knoxville College is a small HBCU, or historically Black college or university, founded in 1875.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rodriguez then allegedly exited his vehicle and climbed into the passenger side of the woman's car and demanded her keys.Christina Shaw, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
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The 2018 police report provides few details regarding how the confrontation went down, whether anyone exited their vehicles or how long the interaction lasted, his attorneys said.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
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Richard binds Iris' wrists with zip ties and places her in a rowboat.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily and Camille have a fight across rowboats, which, implausibly but obviously, ends with them both in the water and getting thrown out.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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The episode begins with the accidental killing of Sylvie, who falls from the parapet after escaping captivity and attempting to warn the villagers about the danger to Laurent.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Upper Cliff Dwelling contains about 40 rooms, some partially intact roofs and parapet walls.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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General Motors has had to cancel production at its factories that make its highly profitable and popular heavy-duty pickups and large SUVs as a result of Hurricane Helene, the Detroit Free Press learned late Thursday.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
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It was learned that drilling artificial cavities into pines would aid the woodpecker’s breeding.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The department advised on Friday that a third flight departed with 97 on board, bringing the total number of individuals evacuated through the charters to roughly 350.Helena Skinner, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Adriana Diaz, who anchored on Saturday, departed last month to co-host CBS Mornings Plus, the new third hour of the network’s morning show, along with Tony Dokoupil.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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