delved

verb

past tense of delve
as in excavated

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  1. excavated
  2. dug
  3. shoveled
  4. mined
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  • When decades-old music or books are excavated and celebrated — lately a common occurrence amid the retromania of our culture industry — the artists are often long gone.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The limestone sarcophagus was discovered in 1820 and officially excavated in 1869 from what is now a grassy strip along the north side of the abbey’s nave.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of excavated
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  • The music on Uncle feels innate, as if Funkhouser had dug these songs out from deep within the crawlspace in his brain.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • After a slow start dug a 24-point hole, the Falcons marched within one possession late, but still fell short.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of dug
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  • But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems so far.
    — LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Moments after an incredibly warm greeting, Quinn shoveled coal into the flames and stuck an iron in the forge.
    — Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoveled
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  • Because ground evacuation routes were heavily mined and subject to heavy Russian fire, sending in armored vehicles or conventional helicopters was deemed impossible.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Correspondence files can be mined for service failures—moments where the company’s response didn’t match the member’s need—that predict attrition much more accurately than any customer satisfaction survey.
    — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of mined
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