digger

chiefly Australian & New Zealand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for digger
Noun
  • French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
  • The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.
    Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • In the Season 1 finale, Lucy and her brother Norm (Moises Arias) learn that their father was responsible for one of the nuclear bombs going off, the Ghoul finds out that his pre-war family may still be alive and Maximus is promoted to a knight.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 May 2025
  • In the musical’s book, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes entertains his fellow prison inmates with his tale of Don Quixote, an elderly and confused but optimistic man who imagines himself a knight on a quest to battle giants and protect fair maidens.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • The six-time CIF champions fell narrowly to Mira Mesa for the title ​Fast-forward to 2025, and the Patriots found themselves once again in the Championship match — the program’s fifth appearance in the past seven years.
    Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • What should have been an incredibly nerve-racking week for Liverpool and their fans is now simply just people being excited about watching the Premier League’s new champions play again.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • With veterans Rodgers, Davante Adams and C.J. Mosley all released this offseason, there’s much less buzz and expectation surrounding the Jets.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
  • The 6-foot 8-inch, 10-year NBA veteran became a minority stakeholder of Leeds United in 2023, buying in through Leeds owner 49ers Enterprises.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Israel’s military, which recently called up tens of thousands of reservists, said Gaza’s north and south are the target of ground operations.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • Israel’s military, which recently called up tens of thousands of reservists, said the ground operations are throughout the Palestinian territory’s north and south.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • The Richardson, Texas, native stepped into the Huskies’ basketball facility with expectations similar to those on Stephon Castle, Dan Hurley’s first McDonald’s All-American recruit who helped win a national championship before being picked fourth overall and winning NBA Rookie of the Year.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
  • Sacramento State for decades has lost interested recruits to other schools that had a superior basketball venue.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2025
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“Digger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digger. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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