Example Sentences
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On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Gus was excavated and assembled over five years by a team at Theropoda Expeditions, which painstakingly documented where each piece was found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The impact would have instantly excavated the crater while blasting huge volumes of rock, sediment, and seawater into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
The tunnel would be excavated from both ends and built with a sprayed concrete lining.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the back of the basement, the floor had been excavated, revealing another set of steps—these of white stone—leading still deeper underground.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
