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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
Jack Vita, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
In the other dugout, JSerra is also trying to fill holes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025
Almost an entire starting rotation decimated by injury, a shouting match in the dugout between the team’s two biggest stars and a manager fired in 2021.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But the wait for his return to action in the dugout is almost over.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
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Merrill has made a regular habit out of staying in the dugout for the entire exhibition game, even when his day is done.
—Jack Vita, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
In the other dugout, JSerra is also trying to fill holes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025
Almost an entire starting rotation decimated by injury, a shouting match in the dugout between the team’s two biggest stars and a manager fired in 2021.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But the wait for his return to action in the dugout is almost over.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
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Men in canoes hanging close to shore broke through the waves into the open ocean to help the hunters form a semicircle around the dolphins and corral them to land.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Rent a kayak, canoe or paddleboard and make your way through the park’s 50 miles of mangrove wilderness.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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As such, locate a comfortable conspiracy bunker and prepare for a long reading session before diving in.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The state also set up a separate fundraising arm for the program, The Hope Florida Foundation, whose officers include lobbyists for Walgreens and Koch Industries, the massive private corporation founded by the conservative mega-donor Koch brothers.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Verma Foundation, founded by Fox 5 New York News anchor and cancer survivor Natasha Verma, will be the charity partner for the LIM Fashion Show for the second consecutive year.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
28 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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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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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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Meanwhile, a parapet would stand at 28 feet 6 inches and the skylight would be at 29 feet 1 inch.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 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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Berry said the team only learned about Watson’s new medical situation during player exit meetings on Sunday after the team lost its final regular-season game against the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Half of them learned the language in the morning and returned in the evening to have their memory tested.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
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 5 Apr. 2025.
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