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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
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Waging drone strikes on tankers and issuing threats of laying sea mines, Iran has effectively shut down the narrow body of water through which a fifth of the world’s supply of oil and natural gas flows.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
All of England’s industrial-scale coal mines have closed.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Particularly alarming, rights organizations say, is the presence of children as young as 10 working in mines, often alongside adults in hazardous conditions, deprived of schooling and exposed to exploitation.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Tehran has also threatened to deploy mines to block the entire Persian Gulf if its coasts or islands are attacked.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, CBS News reported that Iran was preparing to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt key shipping lanes.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Taleblu underscored how the importance of the Strait of Hormuz has only escalated since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s because of the Iranian regime’s asymmetric military and maritime strategies, including fast-attack water craft, drones, and mines.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
Iran also still has drones, mines, and small boats that threaten commercial shipping in the Strait.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
The Trumps’ first windfall since my August tally occurred through American Bitcoin, a company that mines new bitcoin with the intent to hoard it.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Bitcoin mining currently provides a trickling inflow of new tokens, but will eventually come to a halt when someone mines the 21 millionth coin.
—Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
The art deftly brings these areas to life in tandem with gameplay that mines the concept's creative potential.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
China mines the vast majority of rare earths and many of the critical minerals, but its strongest chokehold is the refining, where China dominates with a 90% global market share, including 99% for some.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
The country also mines about half of the world’s lithium, a mineral critical to the production of electric vehicle batteries.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Worldly also mines environmental and social data from more than 40,000 consumer goods suppliers, mostly from the apparel and textile industry, to help inform the tool’s insights.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
These include intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance, detection of underwater mines, and mapping of the seabed.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Waging drone strikes on tankers and issuing threats of laying sea mines, Iran has effectively shut down the narrow body of water through which a fifth of the world’s supply of oil and natural gas flows.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
All of England’s industrial-scale coal mines have closed.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Particularly alarming, rights organizations say, is the presence of children as young as 10 working in mines, often alongside adults in hazardous conditions, deprived of schooling and exposed to exploitation.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Tehran has also threatened to deploy mines to block the entire Persian Gulf if its coasts or islands are attacked.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, CBS News reported that Iran was preparing to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt key shipping lanes.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Taleblu underscored how the importance of the Strait of Hormuz has only escalated since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s because of the Iranian regime’s asymmetric military and maritime strategies, including fast-attack water craft, drones, and mines.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
Iran also still has drones, mines, and small boats that threaten commercial shipping in the Strait.
—Yarden Segev, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
The film at least mines some charm from a fender-bender as a meet-cute.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
The Trumps’ first windfall since my August tally occurred through American Bitcoin, a company that mines new bitcoin with the intent to hoard it.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Bitcoin mining currently provides a trickling inflow of new tokens, but will eventually come to a halt when someone mines the 21 millionth coin.
—Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
The art deftly brings these areas to life in tandem with gameplay that mines the concept's creative potential.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
China mines the vast majority of rare earths and many of the critical minerals, but its strongest chokehold is the refining, where China dominates with a 90% global market share, including 99% for some.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
The country also mines about half of the world’s lithium, a mineral critical to the production of electric vehicle batteries.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Worldly also mines environmental and social data from more than 40,000 consumer goods suppliers, mostly from the apparel and textile industry, to help inform the tool’s insights.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mines
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The vehicle information that’s captured is typically stored in the cloud, creating a massive web of data repositories.—
Jess Reia,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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The infections spanned JavaScript, TypeScript and Python repositories.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2026
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Tighter oversight of explosives The task force also called for tighter controls on the importation and regulation of fireworks and explosive materials.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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In December, 1660, James launched the first expedition of the Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading into Africa, to search for gold mines.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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To date, the Betts brothers have taken data from over 200 gold mines, tracking carbon emissions per ounce of gold produced, recycling statistics, percentage of local employment rates, percentage of profits going back into the community, and more.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
1 Feb. 2026
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Designed to detonate at high altitude the munition disperses dozens of smaller bombs that are more challenging for Israel's multi-layered air defense system to intercept and can cause damage over a wider area.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2026
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Eliminate bathroom odors with Wabi Whiffs’ fizzy toilet bombs and sprinkles.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mills attacks Platner's past comments This month, the governor returned to Platner's controversial social media posts, triggering an exchange of advertising that has largely overshadowed the Democrats' arguments to defeat Collins.—
Steve Mistler,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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Oil tanker traffic through the strait has plunged as Iran attacks commercial ships in the Persian Gulf.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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This continental collision gave rise to the Zagros Mountains, which push down on the Arabian plate in a way that has created a basin in Earth’s crust that traps hydrocarbons—hence, all that oil and gas.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026
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His handle is both his redeeming trait and what traps him in the half court.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mines. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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