dredge up

verb

1. to bring to notice, esp with considerable effort and from an obscure, remote, or unlikely source

   to dredge up worthless ideas

2. to raise with or as if with a dredge

   they dredged up the corpse from the lake

Example Sentences

In a statement, USC said, “This lawsuit, which dredges up events that occurred as many as 10 years ago, has no legal merit.”

From Los Angeles Times

Witness Donald Trump recently questioning the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris, a race-baiting potshot that dredges up ingrained prejudices against biracial Americans that stretch back to the antebellum South.

From Los Angeles Times

Next I cycled through every squirrel-averse scent I could dredge up online.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve written before about the Comstock Act, an obscure and angry old law that many speculated the Supreme Court justices might dredge up in this mifepristone case.

From Los Angeles Times

The Delaware trial isn’t about Hunter Biden’s foreign business affairs, though the proceedings were likely to dredge up dark, embarrassing and painful memories.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• ascertain
• bring to light
• determine
• discover
• excavate
• exhibit
• exhume
• expose
• find
• find out
• reveal
• uncover