digging
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Witteck had no idea he’d been swept into that ecosystem when he started digging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
You walk down the street with him and there’s a bunch of ConEd guys digging a hole in the street — you think, “Uh-oh, these guys are gonna want him to sign their jackhammer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The owners and the players’ union are digging in for a long fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Television footage showed heavy machinery digging through the rubble as rescue teams gathered at the site in an effort to recover people trapped beneath the debris.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
He’d gotten as far as digging out an extra Shabbat candle and lighting it, but at the last minute lost his nerve.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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