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she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
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Efforts to dig out the driver and remove sediment have failed, and a drone sent into the hole also made no progress.
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Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Cold in the Mid-Atlantic Folks in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic were digging out Tuesday from Monday's winter storm, confronting bitterly cold temperatures and an icy, frozen landscape.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
But for Cone, having someone dig out her car and driveway in Gladstone bordered on existential.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Cold in the Mid-Atlantic Folks in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic were digging out Tuesday from Monday's winter storm, confronting bitterly cold temperatures and an icy, frozen landscape.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
But for Cone, having someone dig out her car and driveway in Gladstone bordered on existential.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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