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as in to enjoy
to take pleasure in
I really dig bluegrass music
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as in to know
to have a clear idea of
can you dig what I'm saying?
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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
got in a couple of digs about lawyers at my friend's expense
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as in apartment
digs plural
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
check out my new digs on the north side of town
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Recent Examples of dig
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But Agatha All Along digs deeper, introducing characters like Agatha’s ex-lover Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) and a mysterious teen who’s unable to share his name (Joe Locke).
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The production got into a feud with the town of Santa Rosa, Calif., and took a dig at them in the film’s credits.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Advertisement Gerda’s career is an exemplar of what happens when news organizations invest in local journalism, let reporters dig instead of writing clickbait and stand by them in the face of critics real and imagined.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But Agatha All Along digs deeper, introducing characters like Agatha’s ex-lover Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) and a mysterious teen who’s unable to share his name (Joe Locke).
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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Shiloh Christian libero Bella Bonanno, an Ole Miss commit, finished with a match-high 22 digs and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
—Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The production got into a feud with the town of Santa Rosa, Calif., and took a dig at them in the film’s credits.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Hundreds of items—including a cannonball, spectacles, a pewter bowl, and twenty-six unopened bottles of wine—had already been excavated.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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While excavating in 2015, Frachetti met with one of the region’s only current inhabitants—a forestry inspector who lives with his family a few miles from Tashbulak.Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
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Have a great day, drive safely, and enjoy the ride, as the future looks nice and bright – Tony the Car Guy.Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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And to celebrate Over the Garden Wall’s milestone, McHale and his team created a three-minute short for fans to enjoy.Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz, a Trump loyalist known for being a rabble-rouser in Congress, has a law degree and briefly practiced law in Florida before entering politics, but has never worked as a prosecutor.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Hoping that Brendan would find it in his heart to spare her husband’s life, and knowing that the IRA was bound to discover his double-identity sooner rather than later, Kathleen confesses to Brendan.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes, the cop even pokes fun at the suspect’s inability to sprint, calling them out for being out of shape.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Russian and Chinese militaries are exercising with each other more regularly and even poking the U.S. in the eye on occasion — in July, the U.S. Air Force intercepted a few Russian and Chinese bomber aircraft operating in Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone.Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
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The six-time All-Star responded to the Toronto superstar’s jabs in a postgame press conference.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Highlights included jokes about Trump, who hosted SNL in 2015, wearing an orange and yellow safety jacket as a jab at a garbage controversy and a comedic bit involving a broken microphone.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But what garnered the most attention were a comedian’s insults of Puerto Rico, Trump’s violent rhetoric about a political opponent and a comment about women.Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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Another execution attempt of Creech, 74, had been scheduled for Nov. 13 — coincidentally, the same date in which the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in 2022 in an off-campus apartment house.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Officers found Lorenzo-Olivera, 36, about 1:45 p.m. June 24, 2022, lying face down in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 1299 Electric Ave.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Herbert already had shoveled the ball to running back J.K. Dobbins when Shepherd twisted the quarterback’s right ankle awkwardly to pull him to the ground.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Channeling his beloved Calvin and Hobbes, my son helped shovel the powdery snow into a pile to form a quinzhee, or Athabascan snow shelter.Sarah Manguso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Dig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dig. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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