digger
Example Sentences
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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
As the diggers reached three feet, a rush of frigid underground water flooded the hole, stopping the search for the peddler’s bones.
From Literature
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
Julia, a successful businesswoman in textile design, knows that her father will be alarmed at this impetuous engagement and will want to make sure that Johnny isn’t a gold digger.
The diggers, armed with pickaxes, arrived almost overnight.
From Barron's
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