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dig up





VERB
disinter
Synonyms
VERB
dredge
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If the 2024 Netflix documentary was an attempt to look ahead, the Justice Department’s trove of Epstein files would soon dig up the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Trump has said the US will now work "with Iran" to "dig up and remove all of the deeply buried… Nuclear Dust".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The company also initially wanted him to dig up the driveway he poured seven years ago, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

You can’t dig up a mushroom to study it because the mycelium is too tiny and delicate.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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