excavate
Example Sentences
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Inmates dug through rubble to excavate their own jailers, said relatives of current prisoners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
In 2022, Sereno returned with a 100-person team and 64 Nigerien guards to excavate the "earth-shattering site".
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who led the painstaking 20-year effort to excavate and study the skeleton, initially identified Little Foot as Australopithecus prometheus when it was formally introduced in 2017.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
Reiner was, above all, a compassionate filmmaker, willing to excavate all manner of conflict and tension in search of the essential humanity that connects us all.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
The courtyard had been constructed over a landfill, and in order to start my garden, I had to excavate a great many rocks to allow the plants room to grow.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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