auger

Example Sentences

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They pull out the auger and take a sample of the excavated dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

In both sun and rain, he repeatedly bores into the ground with a hand-held auger to gauge the quality of the soil, feeling, smelling and all but tasting the dirt.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Rescuers had managed to drill 34m downwards horizontally, with just 12m remaining, when the auger machine broke down on Friday.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

The drill machine, called an auger, was damaged as it was being pulled out of the nearly 47-meter pipe inserted to bring out the trapped workers, after hitting an obstacle on Friday.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

The tip of the auger drilled into the mountainside like a screw into soft cork.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman