digger
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It was the stuff of movie fantasy - a digger gouging earth on a building site suddenly revealing a cascade of gold.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
In central London, a construction digger unearths an unexploded World War II bomb, and it starts to tick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
An AFP journalist in Nangarhar's Bihsud district said residents from around the remote and mountainous area joined rescuers in one village, using a digger and shovels to search for bodies under the rubble.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Julia, a successful businesswoman in textile design, knows that her father will be alarmed at this impetuous engagement and will want to make sure that Johnny isn’t a gold digger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
No way was she using the weed digger unless she could sterilize it.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Mohammadullah Mubariz, the manager of a mining company with about a hundred labourers and 20 diggers, said the team can extract "200 to 300 grams of gold" in a week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Two diggers, as well as a crane that was lifting up concrete slabs was also there.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
If no more survivors are found after a search with thermal scanners, mechanical diggers and other heavy equipment will be brought in to clear debris and recover bodies, she said, but gave no timeline.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
KHARTOUM, Sudan — The diggers were efficient, cramming in so many graves that, from above, the field near the University of Sudan’s medical campus looked like a frieze of an undulating, gravel-brown sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Several of the diggers had left their work and were gathered nearby, listening.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
