open-pit
adjective
US
: involving the removal of the surface of a large area of land to get at a mineral or other material that is near to the surface
an open-pit mine
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In the early 1900s, long before smartphones and selfie sticks, tourists flocked to Yellowstone National Park — not for the geysers or scenery, but for a grotesque show: A nightly spectacle of grizzly bears raiding cafeteria scraps from open-pit landfills like desperate, starving pirates.
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
According to a report by Mongabay News, open-pit coal mining across 13 sites in Central India could lead to the loss of over one million hectares of forest.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Earth and minerals are loaded onto trucks at an open-pit mine near the frontline, despite the threat of bombing by Russian invading forces on February 26, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 May 2025
The camps were surrounded by open-pit latrines, and the smell of sewage was overpowering; children lay around with flies on them.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
According to a report by Mongabay News, open-pit coal mining across 13 sites in Central India could lead to the loss of over one million hectares of forest.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Earth and minerals are loaded onto trucks at an open-pit mine near the frontline, despite the threat of bombing by Russian invading forces on February 26, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 May 2025
The camps were surrounded by open-pit latrines, and the smell of sewage was overpowering; children lay around with flies on them.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Open-pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-pit. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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