digging

Example Sentences

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Desperate families have been digging through the debris by hand, trying to find their loved ones.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Those digging for her listened to her cries for help alongside her mother's uncontrollable sobbing.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

On Friday, Venezuelans welcomed the arrival of foreign aid workers, who were seen digging through the vast piles of collapsed concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

When Janet Fash applied to be a New York City lifeguard in 1979 at age 19, the city, still digging out of the 1975 fiscal crisis, was mired in dysfunction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Livingston began digging in the pile of stuff.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan