mining

present participle of mine
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 Moreover, glass production requires mining or producing nonrenewable natural resources such as sand, soda ash, lime and fuel. Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Glencore has been mining in South Africa for nearly four decades, operating multiple coal and ferroalloys plants across three provinces. Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The metals that companies are targeting are used in many green technologies like electric cars and wind turbines – but mining them is destructive to the environment. Regina G. Barber, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025 The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes have grown accustomed to being an afterthought to companies mining for precious metals in their ancestral homelands. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mining
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  • The positioning of Palace’s six attacking players inside the penalty area is another one.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Republicans were nearly unanimous about the danger of Democrats attacking ICE.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a Sovereign Nation and close Ally of the United States, that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker Peace, does not advance Israel or America's goals.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The crew would indeed appear to be at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, because the Navy wasn’t satisfied with disabling the speedboat with a single powerful strike, but kept bombing it to smithereens after the initial hit.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mining. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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