digging up

Example Sentences

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BHP has significantly divested from thermal coal in recent years, but still has a stake in Australian mines digging up the fossil fuel for steelmaking.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Also notable is that the press seems incapable of digging up information like this itself, or incorporating FDD’s people into its stable of quote-providers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Workers initially excavated the tar pits by capturing massive chunks of earth as if they were digging up a large tree, root ball and all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Last year, police spent several days digging up the grounds of the farm in a failed attempt to locate her remains.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Sometimes when they were digging up the streets you saw it down there—real dirt!

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini