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Dredging, or the lack of it, has been another hot topic among boaters this year.
From the democratandchronicle.com
All of which was clearly what led to him dredging up that anniversary yesterday.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Thompson had bought the ranch that contained the ruins before dredging the lake.
From the newsobserver.com
Dredging also causes cloudy water, which biologists suspect discourages nesting.
From the news-journalonline.com
Dredging of the Cape Lambert port needs government and other approvals, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
The residents also asked for a city staff liaison to push for dredging the cove.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That room will be available if any additional dredging is done in the vicinity.
From the news-journalonline.com
Dredging means to thinly coat the meat with the flour, then shake off any excess.
From the sfgate.com
What happens when they start dredging the narrows, once famous for its Mud Crabs.
From the dailymercury.com.au
More examples
  • A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
  • Cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
  • Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
  • Dredging is a cooking technique used to coat wet or moist foods with a dry ingredient prior to cooking. Put most simply, dredging involves little more than pulling/rolling the wet food through the dry material to provide an even coating. ...
  • Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location. This technique is often used to keep waterways navigable.
  • (Dredging (astronomy)) Dredge-up refers to a period in the evolution of a star where a surface convection zone extends down to the layers where material has undergone nuclear fusion. ...
  • Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. A dredging machine. ...
  • (Dredged) Aggregate- Aggregate generally comprised of sand, gravel and soil which has been removed by machine from under water, for example, from rivers, lakes and oceans.
  • (dredging) Removal of mud from the bottom of water bodies. This can disturb the ecosystem and causes silting that kills aquatic life. Dredging of contaminated muds can expose biota to heavy metals and other toxics. ...