Example Sentences

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Diggers have been deployed to dredge a channel back into deeper waters.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Diggers appear to have remained active, for example, near a historic Buddhist monastery.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 3, 2023

Diggers, bulldozers and other heavy equipment arrived and ripped up ground to lay sewage and water systems that were then topped with fresh tarmac roads and lined with neat pavements.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

The Stars and Stripes flew at its recent Gold Diggers Day celebration, held in a decimated downtown ringed by the skeletons of fire-blackened trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell