digging up
Example Sentences
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Ashby said the USA was "digging up and cleaning up these sites" and seeing PCB levels in the environment falling as a result.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Lindsey and Lynette Melvin told the news station they first thought they were digging up bones of a bighorn sheep until they came across the jawbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
BHP has significantly divested from thermal coal in recent years, but still has a stake in Australian mines digging up the fossil fuel for steelmaking.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Jill is a keen gardener but she said she had stopped digging up the land over fears around contamination.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Cora shooed off those children trampling her sprouts and yelled at them for digging up her yam slips, using the same tone she used at Jockey’s feasts to corral them into foot races and games.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
