digger
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In central London, a construction digger unearths an unexploded World War II bomb, and it starts to tick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Nesbitt, who grew up near Rochester, N.Y., worked as a grave digger in high school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
An AFP journalist in Nangarhar's Bihsud district said residents from around the remote and mountainous area joined rescuers in one village, using a digger and shovels to search for bodies under the rubble.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
David Dunlop, a farmer based in the area, said he used a digger to create dams out of soil to try and redirect the flooding from the houses.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
And now a few scrapes from the digger.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
If no more survivors are found after a search with thermal scanners, mechanical diggers and other heavy equipment will be brought in to clear debris and recover bodies, she said, but gave no timeline.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
KHARTOUM, Sudan — The diggers were efficient, cramming in so many graves that, from above, the field near the University of Sudan’s medical campus looked like a frieze of an undulating, gravel-brown sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Eventually, two diggers were deployed on Thursday to dredge a channel for the whale to swim into deeper water, and rescue teams worked late into the day under floodlights to save it.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
In the coming weeks diggers will leave, for what residents hope will be the last time.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
All day, Phineas must keep an eye on his diggers to make sure they keep up.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
