dig
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An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe.
From BBC
According to Mlangeni's brother, Nicholas, the scramble in the township began when someone digging a fence-post hole noticed the soil's unusual hue and tested it in water.
From Barron's
He draws on a wide range of data, securities filings and other public documents to dig into the significant financial, business, economic, legal and regulatory issues that affect Americans' lives.
Most employment agreements cover IP created on the job, but employees should dig further into a company’s policies before signing on: What gets captured through enterprise AI?
Seated around the living room, Guinnip and his siblings dig into packets filled with appraisals and farm history as they discuss plans for land potentially worth millions of dollars.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.