excavated

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All of the recently excavated footprints are evenly spaced except for one print, which is out of line with the others.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

They also analyzed cremated remains from sites in Central Germany, including Kuckenburg and Esperstedt, which were excavated by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Most were excavated in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Britain and Ireland, and date from c.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

During the spring, water flowed over his father’s waterwheel with such force that it excavated a pool nearly ten feet deep and twenty-five feet long.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown