as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
In the legend, Yu, a heroic figure, saved Chinese civilization from decades of devastating floods by dredging rivers and waterways.
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Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
The item will then be dredged and lifted from the water so researchers can attempt to identify it.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Thinly slice large white onions and mix with milk, then lightly dredge in seasoned flour, shaking off excess.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Irvine police are searching for a woman who left a Bible on an Irvine resident's doorstep after stealing a person's package last month.—
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Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal government, was at home when the FBI searched the property and her devices, seizing a phone, Garmin watch and both a personal and work laptop, according to the news organization.—
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Burrow, who spoke with media after the Bengals lost 18-20 to the Cleveland Browns, seemed bothered by his 'do from the start, sitting down at the mic and instantly raking his lengthy bangs back with his hands.—
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As for the face touch, when he was raked across the face by New Orleans’ Jordan Poole, on a play ruled a transition take foul, Larsson smiled afterward.—
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Police are combing through a Chicago condo searching for clues in a double murder case that started more than 300 miles away.—
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Historical researcher Segtnan came across the 1948 murder of a 9-year-old girl, Birgitta Sivander, while combing newspaper archives.—
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Investigators also found eight 9 mm casings fired from a Glock pistol at the scene where Holmes was killed, according to the affidavit.—
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In doing so, the judge found he could not be involved in the handling of the separate probes related to the civil fraud investigation and the NRA.—
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After scanning the code, the recipients might be prompted to provide personal or financial information or to download malicious software.—
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Marvel has publicly acknowledged that the studio's productions often scan actors' bodies, though the scans are generally only used for visual effects purposes rather than storing actors' likenesses for future projects.—
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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