DIGS (THROUGH) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

digs (through)

verb

present tense third-person singular of dig (through)

as in searches

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something I roughly dug through the closet looking for my shoes

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Ser Roxton finds Ormund’s corpse, while Gwayne searches among the rubble and ash for young Daeron.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Even so, the project enters the next stage as the United States searches for reliable domestic uranium supplies, placing its progress under closer industry scrutiny.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

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Using software that scans DNA for the genetic signatures of ancient bacteria and viruses, the team analyzed samples from people buried at the Camarones 9 archaeological site.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
One of Roman's instruments called a coronagraph is expected to revolutionize exoplanet research while WFI scans the cosmos to image around 2 billion galaxies during the telescope's main survey.

— Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 29 July 2026

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The show finds ways to expose the worst in its characters, their pettiest, most vengeful, greediest parts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Also screening is Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur, another feature from Cannes, following a successful company director called Gleb, who finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

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