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But when Ukraine destroyed an exit, the Russians would just dig into the soil around the breach and cut a new entry to the tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

After years of issues and complaints around the playing surface at cricket's spiritual home, those in charge have taken the drastic step to dig up one of its strips.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"On several occasions we had to close the establishment because we didn't have any water...and that's what brought us to the point of having to dig the well," Martinez told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

A graveyard caretaker wonders, “Why did they have to go and dig up Jason? Some people have a strange idea of entertainment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Belle’s hooves dig deep, trying to gain traction.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

If those celebrations aren’t quite justified, there’s still something to be learned from the ordeal, which digs into the so-called dead internet theory.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Further digs could take place in the future.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Rebecca Onion digs into the movie’s many twists and turns, culminating in “the psychological-thriller equivalent of a plot quadruple axel.”

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

The apex predators were extirpated in the state in the 1920s, beginning to naturally recolonize their native digs only 15 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

He digs for several minutes, neatly piling dirt beside the hole, then leans the shovel on a tree.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

“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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Mr. Potter’s “Souls Harbor,” which blends gorgeously harmonized phrases, also highlights Mr. Holland’s skills at anchoring a band, whether with skittering figures, conventional “walking” or by digging into a single low tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Two sources who said they had intimate knowledge of the operation told the BBC that US authorities stopped digging before the search had been completed, possibly because of security concerns.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Chinese-backed Yancoal has eight coal mines across Australia and told investors it set a production record digging up 19.8 million tonnes of saleable coal in the first half of 2026, a four percent lift.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Detectives began digging on Tuesday in the remote area of Lancaster on a property next to a ramshackle home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

After much exhausting digging, he grubbed up four more, ate two, and stuffed two in his jerkin for later.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A decade ago, Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. happily dug ceremonial shovels into the dirt at Hollywood Park, celebrating the impending construction of the world’s most expensive stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

In World War I, all sides dug in to escape artillery barrages, while the British Army formed units of miners, nicknamed the Moles, to tunnel to German trenches and plant explosives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 23-year-old McRae, on the other hand, will have her past decisions dug up by what remains of the music press after each new chart smash.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

At one point construction was suspended after workers dug a 70-foot-deep hole more than 10 feet away from the intended location.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Swiftly, her teeth gritted, she dug in the soil with her hands and lifted the ratatoska into it, covering it with earth, so that the lavellans wouldn’t eat it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell