digger

Example Sentences

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But with a final heave of the digger bucket, a shower of gold was released from the soil.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

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

Sitti ordered Poppy to give money to the poor before she died and more money to the grave digger and the women who washed her body.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye