digging up

Example Sentences

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This means digging up the plant or bulb in the countryside is against the law and landowners are prohibited from removing bluebells from their land to sell.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Also notable is that the press seems incapable of digging up information like this itself, or incorporating FDD’s people into its stable of quote-providers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

And I admire that she never tried to stop me from digging up the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, was left in disbelief and said he had "goosebumps" after digging up two clay pots in north Wales.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

I still saw people sailing to and from Penikese from time to time, and I imagined them digging up what was left of the moors.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk