dredge
Example Sentences
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He was mostly there to celebrate a dredging project allowing larger ships to come to that city’s port, already the largest gateway for energy imports in the U.S.
From Salon
The recently released Epstein files have dredged up painful memories for Pozhidaeva.
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
They then retrieved volcanic rock samples from several parts of the trench system using a chain bag dredge.
From Science Daily
Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.