excavate

But the writers wanted to go beyond Aemond’s surface, to “a different place and excavate that trauma and vulnerability.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

They used handheld shovels to excavate blocks of salt, which were processed locally before being shipped around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"Large impact basins or craters excavate deep into the asteroid, which gives clues about what its interior is made of," said Namya Baijal, a doctoral candidate at the LPL and first author of the paper.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 17, 2026

Each year, Japanese archaeologists excavate over 10,000 digs and employ up to 50,000 field workers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney, Ms. Rivera Garza’s book is a fusion of fiction and nonfiction that excavates both national and family history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Paul White usually excavates live electricity and utility cables but on this job the former Royal Marine needed to get his head around the anatomy of a whale.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

“Heroes” excavates a stratum of white America with the same incisive probing that “Slave Play” brought to its investigation of our country’s interracial foundation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Accordingly the leading sapper excavates to the full depth of 4 ft.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Boxgrove has been extensively excavated, and researchers have uncovered many tools made from flint, bone and antler there.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to open.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The U.S. is the only country where fossils excavated on private land can be sold, prompting a long-running debate about whether dinosaurs should be privately owned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The bones were excavated over three summers, when it was warm enough for the ground to have thawed, from 2021 to 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The ones who excavated a million tons of rock and dirt, toiled in the belly of the earth for the deliverance of slaves like her.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Stables is entirely self-taught as an archaeologist and began excavating the site out of a personal fascination with the village's prehistoric past.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

Engineers with excavating equipment would be needed to dig through the tons of debris blocking entrances to Iran’s subterranean nuclear complexes and check for mines and booby traps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Opening drawers, peering into the fridge, excavating the freezer.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

For the last four years, archaeologists have been excavating the site in the grounds of Fonmon Castle, close to the end of the runway at Cardiff airport.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

For the next hour, aided by the light of the full moon and a sputtering candle Fadi had found in the empty house, they crawled around in the dirt, excavating dozens of shallow holes.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai