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Dig deep?

True, there was a time when people stumble onto golden nuggets in California, thus attracting even Chinese gold diggers to San Francisco, which is still known in here as Old Gold Mountain. Indeed, the whole of California became known as the Golden State thanks to the gold rush. But there are also places like Death Valley out there in the American Wild West, pointing unmistakably to the danger and hardship involved in such activities as digging for riches. Indeed all that glistened in the sand by every stream were not gold. People, in search of the nuggets, had to dig deep.

Anyways, digging deep suggests we are willing and determined to give a strong effort, going out of our way and even further.

Alright, without further ado, let’s examine media examples of situations where people have to dig deep, both in the monetary sense and in terms of mental and physical exertion:

1. Technically, Team Six doesn't exist. Its highly trained members are so-called black operatives who work outside military protocol on top-secret missions and often act outside the boundaries of international law, according to a report on the Business Insider website.

The SEAL Team Six was created in response to the failed 1980 attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran, Business Insider reported.

The group was initially called Team Six in an effort to confuse Soviet intelligence about the number of SEAL teams in operation — two, Business Insider said.