dig up
Example Sentences
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Instead of processing gold and other metals on site—which involves heavy chemical use—Contango plans to dig up the ore, pack it into containers, and ship it to a mill elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hundreds of years later, when Wyck and Patricia dig up his coffin, they find him inside, very much alive but lacking sufficient answers.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
There’s also a sand pit where children can dig up replicas of pygmy mammoth bones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
“Neither did your grandma. I bet that’s why she never sold the house here. She probably had it in her head that she was coming back to dig up the rest of the city.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
