11.   After long days of digging ditches in the thin mountain air, firefighters often camp within sight of the enemy.

12.   After high school, Duncan landed a job digging ditches for the local gas company.

13.   Cumbajin said he spent a month digging ditches on a construction site and then was sent to Alabama, where he spent six months laying pipe.

14.   Crews were digging ditches Friday to capture the oil, which was then vacuumed into trucks and taken to storage tanks.

15.   Digging ditches made his hands sore, and he got so tired that he fell asleep during lunch breaks.

16.   Firefighters and National Guardsman battling the fire and digging ditches have been slowed by rattlesnakes and other varieties.

17.   Friends joked, saying they would be spending life after college digging ditches and picking up litter on the side of the road.

18.   Growers plowed and dug drainage ditches to drain standing water.

19.   He got jobs digging ditches and working on construction sites and he never missed an appointment to see his children.

20.   He has supported his wife and two children with off-season work as an electrician, a carpenter and even by digging irrigation ditches.