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delve for

VERB

seek

Synonyms

STRONGEST

explore follow investigate pursue

STRONG

chase comb delve dragnet fan fish hunt inquire mouse nose prowl quest ransack root scout scratch

WEAK

be after beat the bushes bird-dog bob for cast about dig for ferret out fish for go after gun for leave no stone unturned look about look around look high and low run after search for search out sniff out track down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore shun

WEAK

answer find neglect reply

Example Sentences

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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

For here, while mad thousands delve for the gold of their desire, the tramping feet of uncontrolled hosts are heard at the gates of the Sierras.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

But we will not delve for it now.

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington

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 Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James

delve for

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