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City is made from clay, sand, and rock, all excavated from the innards of the site and reshaped.
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Steam shovels and draglines excavated the foundations for highways and railroads.
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Each of the nine San Diego batters got his chance against Sasaki in the second, and the team quickly dug the Dodgers into a six-run hole.
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Allin responds by saying that if that's what Knight wants, he's dug his own grave.
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Quasars are the extremely active supermassive black holes at the heart of some galaxies, furiously feeding on gas that is being shoveled towards their maw, and growing as a result of this voracious feeding.
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All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks.
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Since being mined, the stone has been viewed as part of the country’s collective narrative.
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Achieving and verifying high-purity output from secondary feedstocks, rather than virgin mined ore, is a technically demanding problem that has limited the domestic recycling sector for years.
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“Delved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delved. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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