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
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
David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, was left in disbelief and said he had "goosebumps" after digging up two clay pots in north Wales.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
The thing that led to her digging up Vickers Park when she should have been searching somewhere else.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
