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Recent Examples of excavation
But none regarding the excavation of urinals in a stadium built a year before the zipper was invented, nor how expensive that removal will cost.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Berger who was working with them at the time in order to identify new fossil sites, led the subsequent excavation and research.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Officials noted in a release that the discovery was part of the first excavation on the island in 30 years.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The complex was originally explored in 1909 and 1910, but projects in the century since have expanded the excavation to more of the surrounding area near the villa, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Berger who was working with them at the time in order to identify new fossil sites, led the subsequent excavation and research.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Officials noted in a release that the discovery was part of the first excavation on the island in 30 years.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The complex was originally explored in 1909 and 1910, but projects in the century since have expanded the excavation to more of the surrounding area near the villa, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excavation
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While many were watching the models wearing the storied Manhattan house's spring 2026 designs—which included oversized slacks, trenches, and a touch of chiffon—we were rapt by Fanning's hair.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
15 Sep. 2025
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In video footage of the tragedy obtained by ViralPress, Praphrom could be seen inspecting a collapsed road from a trench opening below, before soil and concrete fell and struck the back of his neck, pinning him to the ground and burying him.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Mammoth Cave offers postcards, art of Kentucky goblins Mammoth Cave, which is home to the world's largest cave system, offers various products featuring the Kentucky goblins for purchase.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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The sinkhole probably began as a cave whose roof later caved in, the city said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Beautiful caverns adorned with foliage and flowers are frequently sandwiched between dungeons filled with cages and cold steel.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists have found bone fragments, arrowheads, and even the calcified remains of a young girl in a section called Skeleton’s Gorge—evidence that Native Americans may have used the caverns as far back as 500 years ago.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Burrowing Owl requires large tracts of open ground, preferably with areas of bare soil, for its underground nesting burrows.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Firefighters are working to extinguish hotspots, burning tree stumps, and hot ash pits to ensure there is no threat to containment lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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As part of the agreement, Carlyle branding will be featured on the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 challenger and across key team assets, including the car chassis, drivers’ team kit, pit wall and garage environment.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the clip, the water in the ditch resembles lava.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams and ditches in the Tehama County Division of the Park Fire Burn Scar.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Thanks to modern anesthesia and advances in dental care, root canals are usually no more uncomfortable than having a cavity filled.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring a region on Mars known as Jezero Crater, a huge cavity believed to have once hosted a lake.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That central bank drama is piling even more attention Friday’s speech by Fed Chair Jay Powell, who even in precedented times can move markets with a single furrow of his brow.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Swaziland continued to plough its own political furrow against its larger neighbor until the end of apartheid.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Excavation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excavation. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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