auger

Example Sentences

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You can buy a bulb-planting auger, which attaches to a cordless drill, but this works best in improved, loamy soil.

From Washington Post

Yes, the degree of difficulty has been very high for batsmen in this game, which doesn’t auger well for England against India.

From The Guardian

We twisted augers into the ground and came up with ten bags of soil while his wife painted the living room and his 6-year-old son played in his bedroom.

From Salon

Thursday's report also highlighted shortcomings Fed officials see in other sectors, such as money market mutual funds and hedge funds, and may auger a regulatory push soon to address them.

From Reuters

Local farmers who shop at Stortenbecker’s store are pre-ordering grain bin augers, which transport crops into and out of storage, for the first time since he took over four years ago, he said.

From Reuters