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dig

[dig] / dɪg /








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Friedman and Gomes were intrigued enough to have their group dig into the evolution of Heyward’s swing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

"Five years ago you would just dig a good hole and leave nature to get on with it," he smiles.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Polish and German soldiers worked for five weeks at the frontier to dig trenches, lay barbed wire and place long lines of concrete barriers known as "hedgehogs" across the landscape.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

But, when you dig into the detail, you'll find a more complicated picture, where some issues from last year have become even more stark.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

To avoid raising suspicion, I dig through my suitcase and change my perfectly clean socks.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Crabb had 10 kills and 14 digs during the match, with many of the kills coming during the second set.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

But judging by Barker’s shallow screenplay, I doubt that it will be too long before someone digs deeper, striking an unassailable, solid-gold classic.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Small digs have since uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

She digs in her purse and takes out a marker.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

“It seemed like it digged the piece,” Aitken said, as wide-eyed and sincere as he is when talking about all of his work.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2024

Spade never digged a pit as murky, foul, treacherous as that which gapes for the spirit of a golfer who is off his form.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, as a double precaution against double voting, each digged his fingers in a pot of indelible ink and presented his forearm to let one square inch of hair be shaved off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Men were laboring with Mattocks & Axes & Picks & rustic Grubbing Hoes — & together they digged out & built up the Breastworks & Redoubts at the Eminence of the Hill.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

I told him I didn’t know yet but that I’d do some digging.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

About 200 Army personnel began digging fire breaks over the weekend and provided logistical support, including water distribution.

From BBC Aug. 19, 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

Once federal investigators started digging into these cases, however, they often fell apart.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

It was the last day of winter break, and she was digging clothes out of her closet to throw onto a nearby chair.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

After the US-led coalition liberated Kuwait in 1991, American troops dug in.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Det Supt Dan Mitchell said the men had "dug their own hole" after being caught red-handed.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The poor server desperately dug for his life in the lost and found cabinet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The Secret Service dug into its playbook of tricks to protect Trump during his vulnerable final minutes in Turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Calvin looked annoyed at the request, but Ella dug around in her bag and thrust a crumpled scrap of paper and the nub of a pencil into my hand.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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