dredge
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Free to set his dredge For trade beyond Chez Maman Now that he’s shucked off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
This is a film that serves a purpose, and Jones’ amiable writing and Aramayo’s engaging performance dredge up just enough sentimentality while keeping the movie from seeming overly instructive.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Diggers have been deployed to dredge a channel back into deeper waters.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Just five years ago, the same agency—then under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo—had denied the permit, citing the likelihood that it would dredge up toxic material.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
The evidence he used to draw his conclusions seemed to be buried somewhere in his unconscious, and he could not dredge it up.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Some of the scenes the author dredges up from his deep trawl through Stasi archives are bizarre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But, as big moves so often do, the journey dredges up long-buried feelings of discontent and malaise between the couple.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
Sometimes what’s left behind are the dredges of history and time, which Mason resurrects onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Why must every group have a prodigal troublemaker whose return dredges up these old memories?
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
I don’t know why my brain dredges up that image, but when the lights flash on, I jump.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Millions of tonnes of sand have been dredged from the sea bed to create solid land.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
On April 19, Enchassi felt shaken by the bomb that had just exploded in Oklahoma City, and by the memories it dredged up of his childhood in Lebanon.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
"Not only were oysters harvested for food from the earliest days of colonization, but the reefs themselves were dredged and the shells crushed and burned to make lime for cement and mortar," she says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
The recently released Epstein files have dredged up painful memories for Pozhidaeva.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
I’ve dredged this conversation out of a strange-sounding Spanish but there is no doubt of his charm, and it worked for him.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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"We are making efforts to maintain a navigable channel as much as possible -- albeit a narrower one -- so that navigation is not completely blocked," he added of the administration's dredging operations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Pollution, and disturbance from anchoring, bottom trawling and dredging and coastal development have all contributed to its decline, the trust said.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The extraordinary speed of this dredging operation is probably some kind of world record.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
In the old days, thanks to dredging, salmon still had access to deep channels with the cooler waters that they prefer and bass avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
He put his mind to remembering the day in Washington, working on details of pictures and statues, dredging up the sound of Miss Edmunds’ voice, recalling his own exact words and her exact answers.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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