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Diggers

British  
/ ˈdɪɡəz /

plural noun

  1. a radical English Puritan group, led by Gerrard Winstanley, which advocated communal ownership of land (1649–50)

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At one point in the morning search, an AFP reporter at the scene saw the diggers call a halt to their work.

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On another bitterly cold morning we found hardy engineers using mechanical diggers and working with their bare hands to locate and repair damaged power cables which serve the huge multi-occupancy tower blocks on the river's east bank.

From BBC

There is an incentive for semiconductor companies and other tech companies to talk up the benefits of AI, but there is little evidence of profit-margin improvement almost anywhere because of AI, except at companies selling shovels to the gold diggers.

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There is an incentive for semiconductor companies and other tech companies to talk up the benefits of AI, but there is little evidence of profit-margin improvement almost anywhere because of AI, except at companies selling shovels to the gold diggers.

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There is an incentive for semiconductor companies and other tech companies to talk up the benefits of AI, but there is little evidence of profit-margin improvement almost anywhere because of AI, except at companies selling shovels to the gold diggers.

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