digging

Example Sentences

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They seem to enjoy the riddle, the ritual of digging themselves out of self-inflicted trouble—the crowd roaring back to life, the panicked look in their opponents’ eyes as they grind down another double-digit lead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

If you've not seen his 'In Search of the Beautiful Game' yet then it's well worth digging out on iPlayer.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

It will take a lot of digging out for people who were taken in by internet hype to understand Pratt’s loss.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Every day, the trench we are digging around the obelisk becomes an inch deeper.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman