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excavated





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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

Nicolas Cage bought a Tyrannosaurus bataar skull at auction in 2007 for $276,000, but later found out it was illegally excavated from Mongolia and had to return it, Cage told “The Hollywood Reporter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The bunker was built within two of the seven tunnels excavated beneath Brackla Hill during World War Two to store munitions from the nearby Royal Ordnance factory.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The impact would have instantly excavated the crater while blasting huge volumes of rock, sediment, and seawater into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

He was certain that a shipwreck could be excavated with the same scientific care and precision as archaeologists working on land.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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