excavate

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Inmates dug through rubble to excavate their own jailers, said relatives of current prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

In 2022, Sereno returned with a 100-person team and 64 Nigerien guards to excavate the "earth-shattering site".

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who led the painstaking 20-year effort to excavate and study the skeleton, initially identified Little Foot as Australopithecus prometheus when it was formally introduced in 2017.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

Reiner was, above all, a compassionate filmmaker, willing to excavate all manner of conflict and tension in search of the essential humanity that connects us all.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Each year, Japanese archaeologists excavate over 10,000 digs and employ up to 50,000 field workers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond