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she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks
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Now, new research has dug up an even more calamitous collision in our solar system’s distant past: An asteroid 20 times the size of the Chicxulub impactor wreaked planetary-scale havoc four billion years ago.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
The driveway was dug up, and large chunks of it were hauled out of the neighborhood in construction trucks.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
Some spoke of being forced to drink rabbit’s blood at the preschool, of being taken to a cemetery to watch a corpse dug up and mutilated.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
Splitting plants is fairly easy: First, dig up your entire plant, pull apart the roots gently, and then cut them into multiple pieces with a sharp tool.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
The driveway was dug up, and large chunks of it were hauled out of the neighborhood in construction trucks.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
Some spoke of being forced to drink rabbit’s blood at the preschool, of being taken to a cemetery to watch a corpse dug up and mutilated.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
Splitting plants is fairly easy: First, dig up your entire plant, pull apart the roots gently, and then cut them into multiple pieces with a sharp tool.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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