digger
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Suvorova writes about girls in school accusing her mother of being a gold digger, intentionally choosing rich boyfriends that would eventually become rich husbands while they lived in poverty and couch surfed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
An AFP journalist in Nangarhar's Bihsud district said residents from around the remote and mountainous area joined rescuers in one village, using a digger and shovels to search for bodies under the rubble.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Julia, a successful businesswoman in textile design, knows that her father will be alarmed at this impetuous engagement and will want to make sure that Johnny isn’t a gold digger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
David Dunlop, a farmer based in the area, said he used a digger to create dams out of soil to try and redirect the flooding from the houses.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
“Well, yes, obviously he is a mighty digger of ditches and trenches,” said Loki grudgingly.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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But nowadays, the formerly sleepy streets are awash with diggers, orange construction cones and out-of-state license plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Bulldozers, diggers and cranes can be used to shift three storeys of concrete, for instance, to find someone trapped, Selvakumaran says.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
If no more survivors are found after a search with thermal scanners, mechanical diggers and other heavy equipment will be brought in to clear debris and recover bodies, she said, but gave no timeline.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
KHARTOUM, Sudan — The diggers were efficient, cramming in so many graves that, from above, the field near the University of Sudan’s medical campus looked like a frieze of an undulating, gravel-brown sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
At the top he came upon Woundwort, listening to one of Groundsel’s diggers, who was trembling and white-eyed.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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