digging

Example Sentences

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But their ambitions extend beyond digging up ore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But if you start digging under the surface, deeper than the symbolic Freemasonry and all, you may never find bottom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"I will try my luck again," he adds as he resumes digging.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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

I keep digging, punching posts into our lot’s boundaries.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes