dredge up

Example Sentences

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The recently released Epstein files have dredged up painful memories for Pozhidaeva.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an interview with an NPR podcast earlier this month she said the latest release of files dredged up "painful times in my marriage".

From BBC

For him there was too much to get excited about in the 80 minutes to come, without dredging up the past.

From BBC

This included mapping the seabed with sonar arrays and dredging up sediment samples, said the authority.

From Barron's

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