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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
ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Stavridis said that Iranian ships could try to look for ways around a blockade to smuggle oil or deploy more mines.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Lithium for batteries, for example, is mined all over the world — including Australia, Chile, China and Zimbabwe — but more than 70% of the processing happens in China.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
And every day, America is going to get stronger because for the first time now, our destroyers are in the strait taking the mines out.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Stavridis said that Iranian ships could try to look for ways around a blockade to smuggle oil or deploy more mines.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
Flint’s Forest Rangers club provides outdoor educational programming for kids ages four to 12, and the whole family can mine for sapphires or take on the ropes course together.
—Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Lithium for batteries, for example, is mined all over the world — including Australia, Chile, China and Zimbabwe — but more than 70% of the processing happens in China.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
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Malware deployed via seemingly innocent GitHub repositories and embedded in blockchains, where the malware will be stored forever (and increasingly difficult to root out as the chains grow), makes for an almost unstoppable technology.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the summer of 2025, before killing Direct File, the federal government published most of the program’s source code on GitHub, an online repository.—
Binyamin Appelbaum,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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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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When Sibomana-Rodriguez was 6 years old and living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he, his cousin and his brother were attacked by a swarm of chimpanzees.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Be sure that the rear lure always has a hook, as the bass typically key in on the ‘straggler’ when attacking a ball of bait.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Prado is a gold mine of mastery and inspiration.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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Francisco Zapata Nájera, 42, was working in a gold mine in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa on March 25 when an embankment collapsed and a dam burst, leaving him stuck 985 feet below the surface, per the BBC, ABC and NBC.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The scene is set (and was actually filmed) on the Gaza border, and the characters kiss while real Israeli bombs hit their targets.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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North Korea also conducted a series of tests last week that state media said involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, while its senior officials issued statements ridiculing South Korean hopes for warmer relations.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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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
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There’s a treasure trove of different linen pants on sale at Amazon, all varying widely in style.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Candles, Christmas décor, plants, throw pillows, lamps, and more make Taylor’s Mercantile a treasure trove of gifts–for others or yourself.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
9 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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