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dredge

[drej] / drɛdʒ /
VERB
deepen
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Free to set his dredge For trade beyond Chez Maman Now that he’s shucked off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

This is a film that serves a purpose, and Jones’ amiable writing and Aramayo’s engaging performance dredge up just enough sentimentality while keeping the movie from seeming overly instructive.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Eventually, two diggers were deployed on Thursday to dredge a channel for the whale to swim into deeper water, and rescue teams worked late into the day under floodlights to save it.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Just five years ago, the same agency—then under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo—had denied the permit, citing the likelihood that it would dredge up toxic material.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Most of that happened earlier, when they were rounding them up, but they still unearth a few these days, dredge them up from underground, where they’ve been hiding, like moles.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Some of the scenes the author dredges up from his deep trawl through Stasi archives are bizarre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Such was the lack of food, another crewmate told the court that they had resorted to eating fish and octopus and fish caught by the dredges to survive.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

But, as big moves so often do, the journey dredges up long-buried feelings of discontent and malaise between the couple.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025

Sometimes what’s left behind are the dredges of history and time, which Mason resurrects onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

He concentrated on the fair’s central lagoon, which his dredges soon would begin carving from the Jackson Park shore.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

And, because phosphate is a low-value commodity, vast quantities must be dredged to make operations viable, she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Millions of tonnes of sand have been dredged from the sea bed to create solid land.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

On April 19, Enchassi felt shaken by the bomb that had just exploded in Oklahoma City, and by the memories it dredged up of his childhood in Lebanon.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

"Not only were oysters harvested for food from the earliest days of colonization, but the reefs themselves were dredged and the shells crushed and burned to make lime for cement and mortar," she says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

After a storm, we always went down to the marsh, because the rains dredged up all kinds of weird stuff.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

The effect is something like uncanny sketch comedy, dredging laughs from Hansen’s stilted expressions and intense demeanor, regardless of a scene’s emotional gravity.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

I spent fruitless hours testing my employer’s patience, neglecting my more immediate work while dredging up zero-retweet Twitter posts from the early 2010s.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Since 2021, Woolston Eyes has been transformed from a former dredging site into a network of freshwater pools and reedbeds.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

These projects should increase demand for dredging engineering services and vessel utilization, supporting the marine services group’s businesses over the longer term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Letha, dredging your mind, taking out memories and swallowing them whole.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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