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The model’s greatest success was unearthing Claudio Braga, a Portuguese forward who was plying his trade in the Norwegian second division.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Hirt described David Rosenthal as an incorrigibly social person whose great pleasure was unearthing and sharing gossip from the community.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018

The editorial director, Lukas Volger, said he and his co-founder, the creative director Stephen Viksjo, were partly inspired by the desire to share the lost queer culinary narratives that Mr. Birdsall was unearthing.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

A week later he was unearthing the huge slabs of alabaster that had lined its walls, panels that depicted the power of the Assyrian king and the grovelling submission of his enemies.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2015

While Zaidee was unearthing George W.'s intended dessert, Cricket had found a shingle for a bier.

From Cricket at the Seashore by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt