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Over the next couple of days, investigators found another body in a freshly dug -- dug grave underneath a set of stairs to his backyard.
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- noun An udder, breast, or teat of a female animal.
- verb Past tense and past participle of dig.
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Over the next couple of days, investigators found another body in a freshly dug -- dug grave underneath a set of stairs to his backyard.
— CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009 - Almost a thousand miles to the south in the area around Babylon and Ctesiphon and Seleuceia-on-Tigris, the two rivers ran only forty miles apart; canals had been dug from the Euphrates to the Tigris to help the latter stream find its way to the Persian Sea. — The Grass Crown
- His insides knotted tip, and sharp pain dug at his temples. — The Dragon Reborn
- Rachel had seen programs on television where human remains were dug from the ice after four thousand years and the person's skin looked almost perfect. — Deception Point
- Raskin dug his own grave with a Caterpillar backhoe. — One Shot
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