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as in repository
an abundant source
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
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Recent Examples of mine
Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Known as knockers in England, kobolds also live in caves and mines and make knocking noises directing human miners where to dig.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Probes have already been sent to asteroids, and companies are planning to mine them for various precious minerals.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
His secret mine was said to be somewhere west of the Pecos River, perhaps in the Guadalupe Mountains or Rustler Hills.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Known as knockers in England, kobolds also live in caves and mines and make knocking noises directing human miners where to dig.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
The filmmaker mined a trove of archival material, including footage from Jacobs’ senior runway show at Parsons School of Design.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Probes have already been sent to asteroids, and companies are planning to mine them for various precious minerals.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
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Five years later, lawmakers designated Yucca Mountain, a 6,700-foot promontory about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, as the nation’s sole geological repository.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
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And Tom Hanks, a repository of good vibes, plays no less than five different roles (including Santa Claus).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Each suspect is charged with one count of conspiracy to damage by means of fire or an explosive.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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An art conservator who'd prefer to be immersed in detail work, Sarah is bombing as the host of a dinner party where her entrepreneur husband (Tom Riley) hopes to impress an obnoxious prospective investor (Tom Goodman-Hill) when a literal explosive goes off in her neighborhood.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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In October alone, shoppers were attacked in a supermarket, a Spanish tourist was scratched by a cub at a heritage site, and a trail runner was forced to wrestle a bear in the woods before sprinting to safety.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israel in response and attacked the Middle East's largest American military base in Qatar.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Where to prospect for gold in Texas There have been a few notable gold mines in Texas over the past couple hundred years, but not so much today, according to the National Gold Prospecting Association.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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And so that was a big gold mine.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The bill passed in June without media attention, while bombs were dropping on Iran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And those advertisers that once chaffed at TV-MA content have been more willing to embrace racy fare in order to appeal to younger viewers who aren’t concerned with a few F-bombs or raw images.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Rockefellers have amassed quite a treasure trove of opulent jewels over the decades (and beautiful homes to boot).—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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Social media creators, in particular, represent a treasure trove for AI companies thanks to their vast archives of video content, both published and unpublished.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Duffers add that one of the key inspirations for this season is Home Alone—specifically the booby traps.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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For a novice member of the field, the coolest details of the event doubled as booby traps.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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And after a Washington woman was repeatedly ambushed by an owl while walking in the woods near her house in 2022, biologists report that the occurrence is becoming more frequent.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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Over the past two months, JNIM has stepped up attacks on fuel supplies, ambushing tankers on the roads from Ivory Coast and Senegal.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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