unearth
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unearth
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bury, entomb, inhume, inter, tomb
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Examples of unearth in a Sentence
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Residents of Brescia often unearth subterranean artifacts and objects the city's past. — courant.com, "Community News For The Windham Edition," 28 Aug. 2019 Recently unearthed images of the festival now give a glimpse into the people who attended the event. — Mirtha Donastorg, CNN, "Settle in with these weekend reads," 16 Aug. 2019 Drumstick surprise Researchers unearthed the big bird fossils in 2008 at St Bathans, a former mining town that sits on top of an extinct lake. — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, "This toddler-size parrot was a prehistoric oddity," 6 Aug. 2019 Belkin unearthed a short clip of Mike Wallace interrogating a young Donald Trump, then just in his late 30s. — Sara Merican, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Mike Wallace Is Here' Filmmaker: Doc Tells a "Bigger Story" About Broadcast Journalism," 31 July 2019 By the time the digging is done, the excavation will have unearthed an estimated 1.7 million cubic yards of dirt, according to a projection by the Colorado Department of Transportation. — Jon Murray, The Denver Post, "Denver’s Interstate 70 project is producing a whole lot of dirt," 5 July 2019 Still, so long as wide receiver Chris Godwin and tight end O.J. Howard step up following the departures of DeSean Jackson and Adam Humphries, Tampa Bay could unearth the staying power that eluded it in 2018. — Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, "Offensive fireworks: 5 NFL teams that will be explosive in 2019," 4 July 2019 Sometimes Colombo will unearth old coins, bottles or jewelry in the sand and sludge. — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, "Stinson Beach parking lot still crumbling after storm — and fix is uncertain," 10 Apr. 2018 However, in addition to new diving territory, their findings may also unearth history. — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, "The World's Largest Underwater Cave System Was Just Discovered in Mexico," 17 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unearth.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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