dug up
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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
PLS dug up a record 232,400 tons of spodumene concentrate in 3Q.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
When I told my editor what I was working on, he dug up an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
I tried the number again while the obliging proprietor dug up his two coldest ones from the bottom of the deep freeze.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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