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dig into the past





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"It has been difficult to dig into the past wound again, but it also gives me an opportunity to heal," W says.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

Her efforts to dig into the past were only sporadically rewarded.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023

He said that the U.S. government’s agreement to dig into the past meant “the stigma has been removed.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Since the 1830s treasure hunters, religious enthusiasts and scholars have flocked here to dig into the past of a place billions of people hold sacred.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2022

I am very full of Jenkin's life; it is painful, yet very pleasant, to dig into the past of a dead friend, and find him, at every spadeful, shine brighter.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson




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