dredge

Example Sentences

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A World War Two bomb dredged from the water in Exmouth is to be disposed of at sea on Friday morning.

From BBC

Several Louisiana parishes have sued oil companies in state court, alleging that decades of drilling, dredging and refining damaged the coastal zone and violated state environmental rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And then making the movie dredged it all up again.”

From Los Angeles Times

For him there was too much to get excited about in the 80 minutes to come, without dredging up the past.

From BBC

This included mapping the seabed with sonar arrays and dredging up sediment samples, said the authority.

From Barron's