winze

Scottish

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Recent Examples of winze In 1968 and 1969, the U.S. Bureau of Mines borrowed the tunnel and tested some blasting and drilling techniques in a gently sloping side channel called a winze. Madeline Ostrander, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020
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Noun
  • Now, the princess must gather enough strength from herself and her triplet brothers to undo a curse.
    Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • As rocks and curses flew from the street, bullets spat from the middle window on the south side of the house.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Whatever the reason—gold lust, bad luck, a malediction—the Prince de Conty continues to bring ill fortune upon those in its ambit, even two hundred and seventy-eight years after its demise.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • What’s more, Presence imbues the song with a story centered around death, misfortune, and perhaps even malediction.
    SPIN Contributor, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024

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“Winze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winze. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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