as in attacking
to place hidden explosive devices in or under
the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy
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Recent Examples of mining
Last month, Congress used the CRA to remove protections against mining for roughly 225,000 acres at the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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Scott Braden, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
While American Ocean Minerals has investments in two companies both holding exploration licenses in the Cook Islands EEZ, the horizon for actually mining commercially is a bit further in the distance.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Other scientists are also mining existing databases for clues about what makes some nonsmokers vulnerable to lung cancer.
—Alice Park, Time, 12 May 2026
Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, Jafa wasn’t sure how visitors might receive the exhibition, especially given that some might see his admiration for Prince’s work as unconventional, even if disparate references mining the whole of American culture are part and parcel to his practice.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
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Scott Braden, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
While American Ocean Minerals has investments in two companies both holding exploration licenses in the Cook Islands EEZ, the horizon for actually mining commercially is a bit further in the distance.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Other scientists are also mining existing databases for clues about what makes some nonsmokers vulnerable to lung cancer.
—Alice Park, Time, 12 May 2026
Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, Jafa wasn’t sure how visitors might receive the exhibition, especially given that some might see his admiration for Prince’s work as unconventional, even if disparate references mining the whole of American culture are part and parcel to his practice.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
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Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Akindahunsi is accused of attacking several women the night of May 28.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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On Monday, the Israeli military resumed bombing Hezbollah in Lebanon as peace talks for the Iran war continue.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2026
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Al Thawadi was in the Oval Office in September last year to watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu place a call to Qatar’s prime minister to apologize for bombing Doha.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
25 May 2026
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mining. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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