auger

Example Sentences

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They pull out the auger and take a sample of the excavated dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

A heavy drill machine, called an auger, which got damaged after hitting an obstacle on Friday, broke while being pulled out of the 47-meter pipe inserted to bring out the trapped workers.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

Explaining that working on the Himalayan terrain was complicated, he said that two auger drilling machines were currently being put to work.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

So hopes that in reopening a window for people to gather and have their voices heard, the protests might auger a fresh chance for Hong Kong’s languishing pro-democracy movement.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022

“The second thing I learned when you lied to me,” hissed the snake to Baugi, who stood, astonished, holding the auger like a weapon, “was that you would betray me.”

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman