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as in canoe
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as in bunker
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
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as in exited
to leave a place often for another
without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
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Recent Examples of dugout
Jack Vita, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
In the other dugout, JSerra is also trying to fill holes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025
Almost an entire starting rotation decimated by injury, a shouting match in the dugout between the team’s two biggest stars and a manager fired in 2021.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But the wait for his return to action in the dugout is almost over.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Merrill has made a regular habit out of staying in the dugout for the entire exhibition game, even when his day is done.
—Jack Vita, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
In the other dugout, JSerra is also trying to fill holes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025
Almost an entire starting rotation decimated by injury, a shouting match in the dugout between the team’s two biggest stars and a manager fired in 2021.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But the wait for his return to action in the dugout is almost over.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
Noun
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Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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That said, these are not used in tight areas around the greens, where narrow passageways separate the putting surface and surrounding bunkers.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Ascending from the bunker, Harry briefs Conrad on what’s happened.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The state also set up a separate fundraising arm for the program, The Hope Florida Foundation, whose officers include lobbyists for Walgreens and Koch Industries, the massive private corporation founded by the conservative mega-donor Koch brothers.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Alon-Lee Green, the founding co-director of Standing Together, a progressive grassroots movement, told CNN that young people aren’t at fault for the extremist attitudes that are dividing wider Israeli society.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Despite this, the number of animals in shelters remains high—in the first half of 2024, 322,000 more pets entered shelters than exited them.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Our emphasis on clear succession planning ensured smooth transitions when leaders moved roles or exited.—
Padmakumar Nair,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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Spend your solo sojourn in the French countryside luxuriating in the property’s 80 acres, ideal for an afternoon picnic and a spin around the private lake on the château’s rowboat.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, a parapet would stand at 28 feet 6 inches and the skylight would be at 29 feet 1 inch.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Then, as the credits sequence continues through the creative team, things get more ominous: Monkeys assemble together, climbing the parapets, even as someone tries to hold them off (?) with a spider.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Half of them learned the language in the morning and returned in the evening to have their memory tested.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Half the participants learned the language in the morning — the other half learned it in the evening, then slept on it.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Multiple other execs in the C-suite departed in the time since, most recently president and chief operating officer Chris Ruble, who was terminated in December.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2025
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One surprisingly active club has been the Athletics, who have departed Oakland and will play their home games in Sacramento in the near term.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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