dredge
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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
In an interview with an NPR podcast earlier this month she said the latest release of files dredged up "painful times in my marriage".
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The sludge-covered statue was dredged out in 2009, cleaned up and put on display, but it took until 2023 for the Tigers finally to win the championship again.
From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025
She looked like something that had been dredged out of the canal.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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