dug up
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Local media outlets report the probe was launched after a neighbour admitted to entering the property without permission in April and dug up what they believed were buried dogs.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Essentially, for every 100 pounds of rock dug up, there are five pounds of rare earth oxides.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
A new type of giant long-necked dinosaur, twice the size of a tyrannosaurus rex, has been identified up by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
He called Citi and then dug up a number for the real Lufthansa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
‘I must go home. They’ve dug up Bagshot Row, and there's the poor old gaffer going down the Hill with his bits of things on a barrow. I must go home!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
