Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In electricity, not earthed.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unearth .
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Examples
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A film unearthed from the buried landscape of the American nightmare, Trash Humpers follows a small group of elderly “Peeping Toms” through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world.
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Even the 65 children's teeth unearthed from the home's cellars were, the new men suggested, left for the tooth fairy.
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If, however, I had to single out one particular moment or individual, or rather one spice, it would be the cloves unearthed from the Syrian desert and dated to around 1720 BC.
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Bodies lie scattered in a rural field in the southern Philippines, some unearthed from a shallow grave hastily dug by the gunmen who seized the group of men and women just a day earlier.
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The elder Canterella, who "worked" as a truck driver's helper for the New York Post from 1985 until 1992, admits taking part in four mob rubouts, including the 1992 murder of a mob-connected Post delivery executive whose remains were unearthed from a makeshift Staten Island grave in 2004.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Reward Four Bonanno Defectors With Their Freedom Jerry Capeci 2010
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The skull is part of a partial skeleton unearthed from a cave in South Africa that belongs to a previously unclassified species of hominid.
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So Martin unearthed a carbon copy of "Star-dust," and during the reading of it Brissenden chuckled, rubbed his hands, and forgot to sip his toddy.
Chapter 32 2010
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The elder Canterella, who "worked" as a truck driver's helper for the New York Post from 1985 until 1992, admits taking part in four mob rubouts, including the 1992 murder of a mob-connected Post delivery executive whose remains were unearthed from a makeshift Staten Island grave in 2004.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Reward Four Bonanno Defectors With Their Freedom Jerry Capeci 2010
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Treasures can be unearthed from the weekend flea markets in downtown D.F., since a number of the sellers themselves might not know the true value of an antique.
To market, to market: treasure hunting in Mexico City's flea markets 2008
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Treasures can be unearthed from the weekend flea markets in downtown D.F., since a number of the sellers themselves might not know the true value of an antique.
To market, to market: treasure hunting in Mexico City's flea markets 2008
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