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Noun
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Russia has used land mines in its invasion of Ukraine, and in July accused Ukraine of doing so too, after Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Or how a British charity cleared 300,000 land mines left over from a civil war in Sri Lanka, foot by foot.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Ruby and sapphire mining began in the area in 1870, once rubies were discovered in the corundum mines.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2026
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With burly melancholy, Wong plays Ah Tseng, a Chinese migrant worker employed — with his young nephews — in the Rock Springs coal mines, though introduced on an idle day off in their makeshift camp.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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