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Central bank officials will dig deep into the report for evidence about what’s really going in the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

The phrase is repeated every time the teams dig deep enough to believe they may be close to a survivor.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Unlike in 1986, when many of the artifacts, especially the elephant tusks, decomposed after being exposed to the open air, Ran improvised a new system for the dig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Dozens of volunteers meanwhile dig downwards into collapsed buildings in the coastal Caraballeda neighborhood, as in other parts of the worst-hit La Guaira state.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

His nails dig into my skin through my sweatshirt.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Crabb had 10 kills and 14 digs during the match, with many of the kills coming during the second set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

But judging by Barker’s shallow screenplay, I doubt that it will be too long before someone digs deeper, striking an unassailable, solid-gold classic.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Small digs have since uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

She pulls the third drawer of her vanity open and digs through it, tossing aside gauzy bits of costume.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

“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

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

She pointed to news of road construction crews digging deeper and deeper into Brazil’s Amazon forest, which she said will inevitably “bring us into contact with birds and bugs” and the disease-baggage they carry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Monahan described the soldiers as "doing an utterly phenomenal job digging trenches and also helping us build fire breaks".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Rescuers were digging through the rubble in search of at least six others who remained missing a day after the incident, he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

GUANGHAN, China—In July 1986, workers at a brick factory in southwestern China were digging for clay when they hit upon something unexpected: dozens of dazzling pieces of jade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

He squeezed the edge of the bed, digging his fingers into the mattress, as if that might anchor him.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The poor server desperately dug for his life in the lost and found cabinet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Shellfish, bread, beer circulate around firepits dug into sand.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I feel like I dug my own grave," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The company’s global competitors have also dug into North America, and Whirlpool’s market share among major U.S. retailers has slipped in recent years, according to the research firm OpenBrand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Frederick and Bruno once tried to dig down to their hoard but gave up after they dug twelve feet and still couldn’t see a thing.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff