excavated
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The park was excavated as part of a 500-day national drive launched in March, touted as Vietnam's largest push to locate some of the hundreds of thousands missing since the war.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Entire mountain faces have been excavated and roads, industrial infrastructure and settlements have transformed surrounding valleys.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Thomas the T. rex was excavated from Hell Creek in Montana, a site that also produced ancient crocodilian fossils analyzed by the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Moseley believes that Aspero, which has never been fully excavated, is older than the other cities, and set the template for them.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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