as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
The asphalt lot was dredged to make way for the world-class marina, which can handle vessels anywhere from 65 feet to 315 feet.
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Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Other projects will include dredging the lagoon, removing the concrete river lining, and opening to daylight the section that is buried.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
The dunes will be built from sand and sediment that will be dredged from the gulf or local ship channels.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
State of play: Workers are set to dredge and pipe 140,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to fill 43 Olympic swimming pools — to the shore between First and 22nd avenues, per a county news release.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 July 2024
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Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Other projects will include dredging the lagoon, removing the concrete river lining, and opening to daylight the section that is buried.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
The dunes will be built from sand and sediment that will be dredged from the gulf or local ship channels.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
State of play: Workers are set to dredge and pipe 140,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to fill 43 Olympic swimming pools — to the shore between First and 22nd avenues, per a county news release.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredge
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Officers searched the car and found a bag that contained marijuana, crack cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine, leading to the arrest of a passenger, Stephon Ford, according to Tuesday’s ruling.Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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Over the next few days, almost a dozen Army bombers and 14 Canadian planes helped search for the yacht.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Just rake some into a portion of the yard and leave them over winter.Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
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The controversy was somewhat Shakespearian: To rake or not to rake?Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
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Diamant and Kafka combed the park for it to no avail.Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Every year, the event’s organizers comb through data on hundreds of prospects to determine who will get a coveted invite.Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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The easier and often more obvious group of four will become yellow once found all together, followed by green, blue and, the hardest or more obscure group, purple.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Emergency crews were dispatched to a home on Horseshoe Drive at 5:47 p.m. in connection with a fire complaint and found that the residence was burning, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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Year after year, food remains one of the biggest expenses, prompting people to research places, scan through tens of reviews, and seek friends’ and family’s recommendations before eating out.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Fisher scanned through hundreds of listings online and visited nine.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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