excavate
Example Sentences
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“But Georgi kept wanting to get underneath it, to excavate it. Explore the fire, explore the trauma. She came in and said, ‘This show is about identity.’
From Los Angeles Times
Opening drawers, peering into the fridge, excavating the freezer.
From Salon
A team from the University of Glasgow team worked with volunteers and students to excavate the former Kelvin Wheelies park in Kelvingrove Park.
From BBC
Once researchers could easily search through a century of paper, they could excavate gems that were buried in the corporate archives—like Moylan’s original memo.
Remains of approximately 1,150 people have so far been identified there, which we might expect to rise to 1,725 once the final third of the city has been excavated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
