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In addition to excavating the property, investigators have seized financial records, adoption records and business records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 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

"It's very rocky, and the fossils are in cliffs on the shore. Paleontologists hate excavating in cliffs, because the cliff could come down on you."

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

He placed newspaper advertisements for carpenters and laborers, and soon workers with teams of horses began excavating the land.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson