dredge

Example Sentences

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In an interview with an NPR podcast earlier this month she said the latest release of files dredged up "painful times in my marriage".

From BBC

They then retrieved volcanic rock samples from several parts of the trench system using a chain bag dredge.

From Science Daily

Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways.

From Barron's

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US agribusiness giant Cargill, angered over the dredging and development of Amazonian rivers for grain exports.

From Barron's

She looked like something that had been dredged out of the canal.

From Literature