1
dialectal, England
: waterway
2
: an ore deposit
3
: something that resembles a lode : an abundant store
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Today, Dahlonega stakes its claim on a rich lode of architecture and history, hiking trails, fall festivals, vineyard tours, and family fun.
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Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2023
But doubters — among them geologists — say there’s no lode beneath Mt. Kokoweef.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
The lode is not on the island or in it.
—Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Annoy, as a sibling on a road trip 55 Get a lode of this!
—Ross Trudeau, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022
Since the lode was discovered, two of the world’s largest mining corporations, the Anglo-Australian behemoths Rio Tinto and BHP, have been trying to win approval for the extraction of some 1.6 billion tons of copper ore.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 23 July 2021
Even if climate change didn’t exist, the lode would be of great importance.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Developers have long been beckoned by a lode of gold, copper, rhenium and other minerals near southwestern Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
—Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, 29 Oct. 2020
In 1883, Adolph Sutro, who made his fortune in the Comstock lode, decided to purchase the Cliff House, after the restaurant’s reputation had fallen.
—Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 15 Sep. 2020
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Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2023
But doubters — among them geologists — say there’s no lode beneath Mt. Kokoweef.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
The lode is not on the island or in it.
—Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Annoy, as a sibling on a road trip 55 Get a lode of this!
—Ross Trudeau, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022
Since the lode was discovered, two of the world’s largest mining corporations, the Anglo-Australian behemoths Rio Tinto and BHP, have been trying to win approval for the extraction of some 1.6 billion tons of copper ore.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 23 July 2021
Even if climate change didn’t exist, the lode would be of great importance.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Developers have long been beckoned by a lode of gold, copper, rhenium and other minerals near southwestern Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
—Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, 29 Oct. 2020
In 1883, Adolph Sutro, who made his fortune in the Comstock lode, decided to purchase the Cliff House, after the restaurant’s reputation had fallen.
—Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 15 Sep. 2020
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: an ore deposit
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