These companies brought in mining machines that could dig out the gold from deep underground and separate it from the rock that held it.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil,loosen it and turn it over.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

"And they then carried out systematically, deportations of Armenians from eastern Anatolia, first demobilizing the Armenian soldiers who were serving with the Ottoman army, forcing them to dig their graves and shooting them.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

At the scene of the dig south of the capital, Elena and the other family members present were resolute in their determination to find clues as to the fate of their family members.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18