excavated
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Workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the leak and will begin welding a patch at the leak site on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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 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 research centers on specimens excavated from the Mazon Creek fossil beds in northern Illinois, southwest of Chicago.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The basis of Lapita subsistence can be reconstructed from the garbage excavated by archaeologists at Lapita sites.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
