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Excavators dug at the sea of soil, and rescue workers tried to break into some buried houses from the rooftops.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Excavators and other heavy machinery bore through the debris to carve out a path to reach the workers and prepare an escape passage, local media channels showed.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023

Excavators and barges can be seen digging and carrying the "new gold".

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023

Excavators loaded tainted soil into steel containers and cranes were on the scene to right the heavy locomotives under the supervision of the EPA and Ecology.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Excavators have found that at the gates they were about a hundred feet in breadth.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander