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digger

[dig-er] / ˈdɪg ər /
NOUN
one who digs
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Suvorova writes about girls in school accusing her mother of being a gold digger, intentionally choosing rich boyfriends that would eventually become rich husbands while they lived in poverty and couch surfed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Despite the flowers looking like flies, they actually attract digger wasps, according to The Wildlife Trusts, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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

“I found something,” said the digger, staring into the hole.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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

The farmer admitted using bulldozers and diggers to remove gravel from a mile-long stretch of the river by his farm in 2020 and 2021.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

If no more survivors are found, 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

Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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