delve for

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“The Debrief” wrapped up its run in January when Sherman departed BoF, but the back catalog is well worth the delve for anyone seeking a better understanding of modern fashion.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

“The younger generation doesn’t delve for credentials,” she says.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2015

The sophist's rope of cobweb he shall twine; Mope o'er the schoolman's peevish page; or mourn, And delve for life in Mammon's dirty mine; Sneak with the scoundrel fox, or grunt with glutton swine.

From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan, George

To you," he said, "who delve for knowledge and who do not know that it is absolute and to be possessed at will, this can not now be made clear.

From Romance Island by Gale, Zona

There are infinite fortunes for those who will delve for the borax, nitric and sulphuric acid, soda, magnesia and other valuables.

From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)