auger
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They pull out the auger and take a sample of the excavated dirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
In both sun and rain, he repeatedly bores into the ground with a hand-held auger to gauge the quality of the soil, feeling, smelling and all but tasting the dirt.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 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
“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
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