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as in repositories
an abundant source
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
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as in explosives
a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed
the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path
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Recent Examples of mines
M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The silver mines have recently been nationalized, but obviously there’s a wealth disparity, there are two cultures living side by side and misunderstanding each other.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Cameco is the best way to play the nuclear power resurgence with a business model that spans the value chain from uranium mines to reactors, according to the equity research firm CLSA.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
And the time required to develop new mines is, if anything, lengthening.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
First panning for gold in the rivers, the search here gave way to huge underground mines, including the famed Empire Mine, which is now an intriguing state historic park in Nevada County’s Grass Valley.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Even today, thousands of its physical records are stored in former limestone mines in Missouri and Pennsylvania.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Now, the decimation of the environment and indigenous people across the world, from the palm oil plantations of Indonesia to the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reached the shores of Great Nicobar.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The silver mines have recently been nationalized, but obviously there’s a wealth disparity, there are two cultures living side by side and misunderstanding each other.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Cameco is the best way to play the nuclear power resurgence with a business model that spans the value chain from uranium mines to reactors, according to the equity research firm CLSA.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
And the time required to develop new mines is, if anything, lengthening.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
First panning for gold in the rivers, the search here gave way to huge underground mines, including the famed Empire Mine, which is now an intriguing state historic park in Nevada County’s Grass Valley.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Even today, thousands of its physical records are stored in former limestone mines in Missouri and Pennsylvania.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mines
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The attack relies on ClickFix tactics, where victims searching for Mac troubleshooting help are lured to fake websites or GitHub repositories.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Proactive Operational Intelligence A technical paper by Enterprise Knowledge demonstrates how KGs contextualize unstructured inputs, linking across document repositories and streamlining expert insight extraction.—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At first, drones were used to scout and drop makeshift bombs onto enemy troops’ heads.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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While IPAs remain hugely popular, stomach-turning bitter bombs fell out of fashion.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even as Russia attacks power plants, grids, and neighborhoods, Ukraine’s energy system has endured and adapted, becoming a decentralized network that keeps homes lit, factories running, and morale intact.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Eze attacks the space vertically — rather than diagonally behind the centre-backs — to be in Pedro Porro’s blindside as Munoz is carrying the ball forward.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the top of that list is a hyaluronic acid serum that traps moisture and leaves my skin noticeably plump and dewy.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The freezing rain then traps lichen under a thick layer of ice where hungry reindeer can’t reach the food, according to Anna Skarin, a reindeer husbandry expert and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences professor.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mines. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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