digging

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

“I was literally digging my own grave,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Researchers believe it may have been used for digging in soft ground near the lakeshore or possibly for stripping bark from trees.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Then he added, digging himself into a deeper hole: “But I think it’s more for public relations than it is for anything else.”

From Slate • May 18, 2026

He told me he had soda left over from a Costco run and needed my help finishing it, and it’s nice to have a cold soda after digging dirt for two hours.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz