dig
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I certainly wasn’t ready for the robots to dig through my laundry hamper.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
But when you dig into the scientific research, the findings are more nuanced.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Steinbrenner countered by hiring Roy Cohn—lawyer, notorious fixer and another mentor to Mr. Trump—to dig into Mr. Winfield’s charity, and Howard Spira—a former FBI mob informant—to dig up dirt on Mr. Winfield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Most kids like to dig in the dirt,” Mom said.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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The Escondida mine in northern Chile yearly digs up around five percent of the world's copper, which is essential for the energy transition, artificial intelligence and defense.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Further digs could take place in the future.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The airline wouldn’t comment about Musk’s digs, nor confirm that Bastian made any remarks circulating online attributed to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Stevens digs into the drink’s history and tells a fascinating tale about Prohibition and the delicious outcome of cultural fusion between the U.S. and Mexico.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
For Axel’s special bowl of pasta, and digs the serving spoon deep into the middle of the bowl.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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“It seemed like it digged the piece,” Aitken said, as wide-eyed and sincere as he is when talking about all of his work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
Then, as a double precaution against double voting, each digged his fingers in a pot of indelible ink and presented his forearm to let one square inch of hair be shaved off.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Spade never digged a pit as murky, foul, treacherous as that which gapes for the spirit of a golfer who is off his form.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Men were laboring with Mattocks & Axes & Picks & rustic Grubbing Hoes — & together they digged out & built up the Breastworks & Redoubts at the Eminence of the Hill.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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Two sources who said they had intimate knowledge of the operation told the BBC that US authorities stopped digging before the search had been completed, possibly because of security concerns.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
But the crate digging, which I also did in physical record stores, was always worth it when you found your new favorite band or heard the summer’s hit track long before any of your friends.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"The study was to be conducted before the excavation and digging", not after, said local artist Salwa Mahmoud.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
A source familiar with the investigation but not authorized to discuss it said detectives were pursuing several leads and that one led them to get a search warrant to begin digging at the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Coal remembered the feeling of the asphalt digging into his knees.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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But I was interested in the fact that he accumulated so much power, and so that was the basis on which I dug in back in 2022.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
And the line was, “I had a shovel. I dug holes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"For those 11 residents' groups dug up from the 1990s to threaten parades, go ahead, go ahead, open them all up," Bryson added.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Jeffrey Bartash dug into the latest unemployment figures to describe a “low-hire, low-fire” job market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fin-Kedinn tossed over a horn spoon, and for a while Torak forgot about everything as he dug in hungrily.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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