Example Sentences

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Diggers and trucks were lining up to collect broken bits of the building and clear the way for the workers, trying to sift through the debris in the hope of finding survivors.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

One of the most lacerating fictional critiques of the American dream remains the song “Remember My Forgotten Man” and its accompanying set piece in Busby Berkeley’s “Gold Diggers of 1933.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Diggers appear to have remained active, for example, near a historic Buddhist monastery.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 3, 2023

Diggers, bulldozers and other heavy equipment arrived and ripped up ground to lay sewage and water systems that were then topped with fresh tarmac roads and lined with neat pavements.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell