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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
Kelsey Maurine Brickl, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The site is roughly 100 miles southwest of the nation’s only fully functional rare earths mine — Mountain Pass operated by MP Materials, in which the U.S. Department of Defense holds a 15% stake.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Whether Tehran can mine the strait—and to what extent—also remains an open question.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Noun
For a guest in a chair like mine, that alternative is physically impossible.
—Kelsey Maurine Brickl, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The site is roughly 100 miles southwest of the nation’s only fully functional rare earths mine — Mountain Pass operated by MP Materials, in which the U.S. Department of Defense holds a 15% stake.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
Centuries later the dawn of the industrial age brought massive amounts of lead mined from deep in the earth into the air and water.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Whether Tehran can mine the strait—and to what extent—also remains an open question.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
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The Asadollahis headed toward Ward 209, a repository for political prisoners that’s run by Iran’s intelligence ministry.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The intent is to substantially alter the code and thus dodge Anthropic’s copyright takedowns, which have been removing the GitHub repositories over infringement.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The county officials later determined, through X-ray technology, the explosive was in fact live and not a training round.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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In another part of the factory, a worker used a wooden stick, like a tongue compressor at a doctor’s office, to scrape excess bits of explosive out of the grooves inside each shell, ensuring that the base would screw on smoothly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The woman told officers that at some point, Morehead came back and brutally attacked her, including punching her in the face and stomach and dragging her back inside.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Two minutes later, Towns attacked Onyeka Okongwu off the dribble for a dunk.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tommy stepped into a gold mine.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The suspects charged with igniting homemade bombs outside Gracie Mansion last month were indicted Tuesday.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Instead of using explosives, most attacks used carbon fiber bombs that incapacitated the facilities instead of destroying them.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess?—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Best Amazon Deals Amazon is a treasure trove of comfy travel pants, with dozens of options on sale.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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As much a summation of a career to date as a small-press treasure trove, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux’s Lucky Charms collects poems from over a dozen different publications by nearly as many presses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to the attack, Ghazali allegedly rigged his truck with booby traps, fireworks, explosives, and large amounts of gasoline.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The movie’s biggest laughs come from Kevin’s hijinks, which involve setting up complex booby traps to fend off a pair of burglars targeting his family’s home.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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