dig for
Frequency: 8.216.5 per million words
To excavate in an attempt to find something.
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- They were digging for buried treasure.
- Archaeologists are digging for ancient Roman artifacts near the old city.
- I spent the afternoon digging for potatoes in my vegetable garden.
- Miners risk their lives every day as they dig for coal.
- The reporter had to dig for weeks to find the truth about the corruption.
- She had to dig for her car keys at the bottom of her cluttered purse.
- Tomorrow, we will dig for clams on the beach during low tide.
- The construction crew will dig for the new building's foundation next week.
- Prospectors used to dig for gold in these very hills.
- You'll have to dig for that document in the old filing cabinets.