excavate

Example Sentences

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"Our specialist archaeology team and contractors have carefully excavated numerous sites and have shown care and respect throughout this work."

From BBC

Trucks filled with excavated snow dump their trailers into the machines, filled with water, to rapidly melt it.

From Barron's

The machines will excavate and construct the tunnel as they move, slotting concrete segments into place.

From BBC

The remains were excavated from a rock shelter near present-day Bogotá and date back roughly 5,500 years.

From Science Daily

Workers initially excavated the tar pits by capturing massive chunks of earth as if they were digging up a large tree, root ball and all.

From The Wall Street Journal