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

This included mapping the seabed with sonar arrays and dredging up sediment samples, said the authority.

From Barron's

Environmental groups plan to challenge the approval in court, citing concerns about marine habitat destruction and toxic material dredging.

From Barron's

Vietnam began reclaiming land on a large scale in 2021, when huge dredging barges appeared near several reefs and rocks in the Spratlys.

From The Wall Street Journal

But there’s yet another reason for his compulsive dredging up of 2020, and it has everything to do with the future, not the past.

From Salon