Thesaurus results for PAY DIRT

pay dirt

noun

as in treasure trove

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Recent Examples of pay dirt Three plays later, sophomore running back Zach Fultz touched pay dirt to cut the lead in half at 14-7 just inside seven minutes left in the half. —

Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025 The hosts punted on their next possession and Mounds View again drove for pay dirt. —

Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025 Jordan still received most of the carries in the first quarter and reached pay dirt on USC’s next possession to even the game at 7, putting his head down and barreling into the end zone from the 1-yard line. —

Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025 However, Barkley, for all his efforts on Sunday, didn’t find pay dirt. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pay dirt

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Plus, the continent’s demographic trends, such as the fact that more than 60 percent of Africans are under the age of 25, further make Africa a treasure trove of stories that the world seems more ready to pay attention to than ever before, the fund has emphasized.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Even before this current chaos began, the underappreciated treasure troves of the Gulf’s ecosystems were under stark pressure, scientists say.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026