unearth
Example Sentences
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You find yourself opening up the freezer, only to unearth an unopened box of frozen pizza.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The controller has a bully pulpit to vent about the city’s dire financial straits, as well as auditing powers to unearth where the city might be overspending, but does not actually manage the budget.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Miners were using picks, shovels and bare hands to unearth rocks rich with metal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Meanwhile, Brewdog threatened legal proceedings against one of the BBC's US-based contributors and sent private detectives to try to unearth dirt on at least one of our UK-based interviewees.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
I put on old jeans and unearth a rake from the back of the garage.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing unearth
Holes
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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