quarrying
noun
quar·ry·ing
ˈkwȯr-ē-iŋ 
ˈkwär-
: the business, occupation, or act of extracting useful material (such as building stone) from quarries
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According to the agency, gains made in health care were offset by losses in federal government employment, as well as mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
The requirements for quarrying (typically in semi-urban areas) are different from mining in remote locations and typically use smaller trucks ranging from 40-150 ton payloads, as compared to mining trucks which are much larger (~500 tons payload capacity).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
A week into the blockade, Davis announced plans to put the migrants—many of them imprisoned in penitentiaries far from the state line—to work, assigning them to unpaid, forced manual labor like quarrying rock, sand and gravel for public projects.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
Tilcon Connecticut, the company that was at the center of a major controversy eight years ago over gravel quarrying in central Connecticut, has come under fire from Plainville residents for its newest quarry expansion proposal.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
The requirements for quarrying (typically in semi-urban areas) are different from mining in remote locations and typically use smaller trucks ranging from 40-150 ton payloads, as compared to mining trucks which are much larger (~500 tons payload capacity).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
A week into the blockade, Davis announced plans to put the migrants—many of them imprisoned in penitentiaries far from the state line—to work, assigning them to unpaid, forced manual labor like quarrying rock, sand and gravel for public projects.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
Tilcon Connecticut, the company that was at the center of a major controversy eight years ago over gravel quarrying in central Connecticut, has come under fire from Plainville residents for its newest quarry expansion proposal.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarrying. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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