digging

Example Sentences

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Boliek, the North Carolina state auditor, said artificial intelligence is aiding his team’s digging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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

Then he added, digging himself into a deeper hole: “But I think it’s more for public relations than it is for anything else.”

From Slate • May 18, 2026

More than four years ago, the whistleblower told me the programme was flawed and their spreadsheets and copious amount of digging into records proved that.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

‘It got its front claws clogged with earth, digging for worms. Stopped here to scrape them clean. Went back to its sett. That way…’ he waved a hand east.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver