digging up
Example Sentences
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BHP has significantly divested from thermal coal in recent years, but still has a stake in Australian mines digging up the fossil fuel for steelmaking.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Also notable is that the press seems incapable of digging up information like this itself, or incorporating FDD’s people into its stable of quote-providers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Workers initially excavated the tar pits by capturing massive chunks of earth as if they were digging up a large tree, root ball and all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
A funeral director "deceived thousands" of people when he lied about digging up an 1,800-year-old Roman brooch.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
“I was just digging up some worms,” Dallas protested.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
