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

Mohammed Asasa had only just returned home after burying his 80-year-old father Hussein when several children ran into the house shouting, "the settlers are digging up the grave!"

From BBC • May 10, 2026

On impulse, one of the men went inside for a shovel, and he and his friend began digging up sidewalk stones with the idea of making a little garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 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

I think about myself going down there alone despite the sinister unseen men, digging up the treasure, having all that mystery in my hands.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood