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Police knew nothing yet of the man whose remains they were unearthing on Wednesday, save that he was thought to be a “local citizen,” said Oleksandr Omelyanenko, the Bucha district police chief.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

Can you just give us the low lights of what you were unearthing in that historical dive?

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2021

We started five years ago with no particular ambition other than to highlight the vast array of talent that we were unearthing via Myspace.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012

McCullough's return came as investigators were unearthing the remains of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in Sycamore, Illinois, not far from where she disappeared in 1957.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2011

Potato growers from Maine to Idaho were unearthing what should be a record yield�about 314 million hundredweight for the year.

From Time Magazine Archive