dig down
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Alison said she hoped he and other officers "dig down into their memories, be honest about their failings, unearth their deeply buried consciences and tell the whole truth."
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
“You got to dig down deep. We still have games left to play.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023
Eventually its offspring will hatch and fall from their perch into the soil, where they will dig down and spend most of their lives.
From National Geographic • Sep. 5, 2023
Guidelines call for contractors to remove soil until the lead concentration is below 80 parts per million, or to dig down 18 inches, before putting clean soil on top.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023
I found there were still plants under the snow, and I would dig down and get teaberry leaves and win- tergreen.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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