digging up

Example Sentences

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BHP has significantly divested from thermal coal in recent years, but still has a stake in Australian mines digging up the fossil fuel for steelmaking.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Mohammed Asasa had only just returned home after burying his 80-year-old father Hussein when several children ran into the house shouting, "the settlers are digging up the grave!"

From BBC • May 10, 2026

On impulse, one of the men went inside for a shovel, and he and his friend began digging up sidewalk stones with the idea of making a little garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

And I admire that she never tried to stop me from digging up the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

And if so, how did she get from here to digging up Vickers Park?

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson