dredge

Example Sentences

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For him there was too much to get excited about in the 80 minutes to come, without dredging up the past.

From BBC

Since the 1990s, maintenance dredging in Georgia and the Carolinas has been confined to a period roughly between December and March.

From Seattle Times

For decades, environmental managers have worked to restore lakes and improve water quality by dredging up the decaying organic matter in the sediments and often dumping it nearby or in landfills.

From Science Magazine

Another 36 acres will undergo “monitored natural recovery” where there will be no dredging or capping.

From Seattle Times

The prince said Charles didn’t want to dredge up graphic testimony about his extramarital affair with the former Camilla Parker-Bowles when he was married to the late Princess Diana.

From Seattle Times