diggings
Example Sentences
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High above their diggings in the mining district of Kantishna, three Alaskan prospectors stopped to catch their breath in the thin, subzero air of America’s highest peak.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018
The proboscis seems to lick or comb sediments for food, perhaps while their bodies remain comfortably ensconced in the safety of their burrow in the center of the diggings.
From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2013
Founded in Kimberley, where diamond diggings established South Africa’s mining industry, De Beers was named after a nearby farm.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 4, 2011
So on a recent morning, Ben Porterfield, a consulting geologist for RX, led a reporter and a photographer down the mine shaft to the new diggings.
From New York Times • May 1, 2010
While engaged in these diggings, he achieved his first archaeological triumph when he discovered a gold earring that dated back to King Midas’s time.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
