digging
Example Sentences
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“Now employers are really digging into a résumé and trying to truly understand the full story behind what did those moves entail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
She pointed to news of road construction crews digging deeper and deeper into Brazil’s Amazon forest, which she said will inevitably “bring us into contact with birds and bugs” and the disease-baggage they carry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Monahan described the soldiers as "doing an utterly phenomenal job digging trenches and also helping us build fire breaks".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Once federal investigators started digging into these cases, however, they often fell apart.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Rather than wait, the Japanese government undertook a massive clean up, digging up radioactive soil from contaminated towns and hauling it away.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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