digging

Example Sentences

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Nicknamed "the mole," Faramaya says he got good at digging during a six-year stint in the mines of El Callao in the mineral-rich state of Bolivar.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Families are digging in the rubble with their bare hands in La Guaira, the coastal region which is one of the areas most badly affected.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

On Friday, Venezuelans welcomed the arrival of foreign aid workers, who were seen digging through the vast piles of collapsed concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

When Janet Fash applied to be a New York City lifeguard in 1979 at age 19, the city, still digging out of the 1975 fiscal crisis, was mired in dysfunction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

There they saw an enormous—and enormously upright—hawk sitting immobile on the back of the front-row bus seat, his claws digging terrifyingly into the plastic not-leather cushion.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness