digger

chiefly Australian & New Zealand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for digger
Noun
  • In the months since the verdicts were handed down, there have been new revelations that Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors were apparently in regular touch with a woman who was coaching the star witness into testifying against Becciu.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
  • French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Two days later, on July 10, the researchers uncovered the knight’s entire skeleton about five inches below where the tombstone sat.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 July 2025
  • Set in 14th Century England and loosely inspired by the Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan, the supernatural thriller sees Hauer-King as a knight called Edward Carnifex who marries his longtime love Eleanor (Froseth), only to get bored of her and instead court a wealthy noblewoman (Heathcote).
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • The defending champions dominated the Fever 98-77 on July 16.
    Aaron Tolentino, New York Times, 22 July 2025
  • The eight-time European champions then maintained their historic superiority over the French women in major tournaments by defeating them for a sixth time out of six.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • But the veterans are still having their say in Europe — and beyond.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • Multiple teams have expressed interest in the Royals’ top veterans.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • More than 22,000 reservists are due to be mobilized and the exercise is scheduled to run concurrently with island-wide civil defense drills.
    John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • As China ramps up military and other pressure, Taiwan has also extended compulsory military service to one year from four months, doubled mandatory annual refresher training for reservists to two weeks, and pledged to increase its defense budget to more than 3% of its gross domestic product.
    Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC news, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • One of the top defensive line recruits out of high school three years ago, Woods almost immediately lived up to the hype as a Freshman All-American at Clemson.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 22 July 2025
  • Sometimes rural fire departments or hospitals wait months for new recruits to start training because the college can’t afford to run a class for just a couple students.
    Natalie Yahr, jsonline.com, 19 July 2025
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“Digger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digger. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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