digging

Example Sentences

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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

Of course, hosting a garage sale where you offer to sell a friend’s clothes is not the same as digging into one another’s finances, but some of the same unease surfaces.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“I was literally digging my own grave,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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

Before I can change my mind, I’m digging through my purse.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller