digger

chiefly Australian & New Zealand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for digger
Noun
  • Good thing the gendarmes were so generous.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • By drawing on American folk tales and Southern Gothic literature, the action-adventure video game South of Midnight stands apart in a field crowded with Vikings, spartans, samurai, knights and sorcerers.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Characters appeared to be sitting on air at one point in a movie about the misadventures of knights.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In this race, Jones ran 12.63 to take down to take down Olympic champions Masai Russell and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In four months, Maher and Tui could both be appearing on their sport’s biggest stage at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England – Tui as a reigning champion with New Zealand and Maher as a first-timer with the US.
    George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Citadel stars Game of Thrones veteran Richard Madden and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra as elite spy agents who had their memories wiped years ago after encountering a shadowy syndicate known as Manticore.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The simmering frustration is a potential issue for a military that relies heavily on reservists in wartime.
    Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Tens of thousands of military reservists have already served hundreds of days each during the war, which has taken a heavy toll on their careers and families.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Andrews, 6-7 and 215 pounds, is an ESPN 4-star recruit, the No. 8 small forward and the nation's No. 22 overall prospect for the 2026 class.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Like Mayfield, Bateman, an LSU recruit, was held out of the Arizona Complex League after the draft but did pitch in back-field games and in the fall instructional league.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Digger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digger. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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