dredge

Example Sentences

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“And then making the movie dredged it all up again.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Newly built ponds, along with the old ones, were dredged, deeper and deeper.

From Literature