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
Or the time when she filed a trademark application for the term "gold digger".
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
But nowadays, the formerly sleepy streets are awash with diggers, orange construction cones and out-of-state license plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The conservation work, funded by the Environment Agency, will see diggers spend the next two weeks taking down the weir.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
If no more survivors are found, 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
The other diggers were long gone, having cut their clay with a swift skill that left Tree-ear alone and in despair.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
