excavate

His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The intersection remained closed Sunday as crews worked to excavate and repair the line.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 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

Hrdlicka told Figgins that if more spear points turned up, he should not excavate them, because that would make it difficult for others to view them in their archaeological and geological context.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In her 1987 essay, “The Site of Memory,” she utilized a river as a metaphor to discuss how imagination excavates forgotten histories and people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Here, Travolta excavates truth from fiction, and fiction from truth; in his eyes, reality is manufactured with a sprinkle of both.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

The Declaration’s audacious promise that all are created equal, a vow Mr. Amar excavates with the precision of an archaeologist and the flair of a storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

His team excavates the rubble with care, aware that they are searching for fragments of broken humanity.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

The eggs are inserted by the insect while the beans are still green in the pods; subsequently the eggs hatch and the worm excavates the interior of the ripened beans.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

To better understand how the bodies were placed and how the burial chamber evolved, the researchers excavated the space, photographed the mummies, and created detailed sketches and descriptions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Freshly excavated caverns 100m underground sit next to stores that have been used for sparkling wine, apples and cheese in recent years.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The brighter streaks that hug the crater's rim were fresh material excavated from deeper underground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the leak and will begin welding a patch at the leak site on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

In just the first two seasons, 100,000 pounds of ancient bones were excavated from the site, and tens of thousands of pounds more came in each of the half dozen years that followed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Stables is entirely self-taught as an archaeologist and began excavating the site out of a personal fascination with the village's prehistoric past.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

The actor, 39, accepted the role of the iconic composer in “Amadeus” because he was interested in excavating the man underneath the imposing historical legacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

After his father’s death, Mr. Junod goes on a sort of genealogical quest, excavating Lou’s double and triple lives—mistresses, deceptions, suspicious deaths, ugly secrets—and more distant family history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Opening drawers, peering into the fridge, excavating the freezer.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

“A lot of us could have lost our jobs over excavating the park, but she protected us all. Every man out there that night kept his job thanks to her.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson