digger

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

One digger and hundreds of temporary metal fences were brought to the playground at the housing estate where the home once stood.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

Stanley spent more time pushing the wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a slow digger.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

While mining has temporarily stopped in Amin's village, not far from his home, in Gulak-Dara valley, dozens of diggers were carving into the mountainside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

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

Eventually, two diggers were deployed on Thursday to dredge a channel for the whale to swim into deeper water, and rescue teams worked late into the day under floodlights to save it.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

At the top he came upon Woundwort, listening to one of Groundsel’s diggers, who was trembling and white-eyed.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams