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duhg

  • n  an udder or breast or teat
  • v  turn up, loosen, or remove earth
  • v  create by digging
  • v  work hard
  • v  remove, harvest, or recover by digging
  • v  thrust down or into
  • v  remove the inner part or the core of
  • v  poke or thrust abruptly
  • v  get the meaning of something

  • Tenzing dug a hollow in the snow and filled it with Buddhist offerings: a few lollies, a chocolate bar and some biscuits.
  • It dug a circular hole 53 ft.
  • Under frequent arrow attack from Indians in the surrounding grass, they had dug more than 900 ft.
News & Articles

  • Odds Stacked Against Heat In Game 6
    The Miami Heat dug themselves a hole when they allowed the San Antonio Spurs to go up 3-2 in the 2013 NBA Finals. Heading into Game 6, the Heat face long odds of just getting to Game 7, much less winning the NBA championship.
    June 18, 2013 - CBS New York
  • Hawks' hole looks deep, more links
    • You remember that 3-1 deficit that Chicago rallied from against the Red Wings? This 2-1 hole they’ve dug for themselves against the Bruins seems a lot deeper , doesn’t it?
    June 18, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
  • Chicago Blackhawks in Stanley Cup Final trouble, more NHL news links
    • You remember that 3-1 deficit that Chicago rallied from against the Red Wings? This 2-1 hole they’ve dug for themselves against the Bruins seems a lot deeper , doesn’t it?
    June 18, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
Quotes

  • Julia Gillard in NEWS.com.au
    The breakthrough agreement keeps faith with our central goal from day one: to deliver a better return for the Australian people for the resources they own and which can only be dug up once,Ms Gillard said. "It is the result of intense...
  • Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
    When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery there were those who dug in their heels and said, 'Slow down, it's too early. Let's wait. Things aren't bad enough'; When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to... Harry Reid http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGP_5PNs1MQ0kTh3aND3oL4AP8hsA Seattle Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2010477131_sen_reids_mispeak_or_honest_sp.html%3Fprmid%3Dop_ed&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFrD486RL_xJo-K8hjg_qfbDWYSOQ Dec 10, 2009 30772 39654 dug Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that our country is less secure and more isolated than at any time in recent history. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has dug us into a very deep hole with very few friends to help us...

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