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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,
3 July 2026
Chief Operating Officer for Energy at ERITY Manny Claassens said remote mines face growing pressure to secure dependable power.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
Most of the gold that is mined in Sudan is exported to the UAE.
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Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
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Noun
Critics say Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest cement companies, failed to properly assess and mitigate the potential harms of its plans to create a limestone mine and cement factory in Central Java’s Kendeng Mountains.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
Chief Operating Officer for Energy at ERITY Manny Claassens said remote mines face growing pressure to secure dependable power.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Verb
While Conwell is the Heat’s draft pick this year, NBA teams quickly shift their attention shortly after the end of the draft to mine the pool of undrafted players in an effort to fill out summer league rosters and find other prospects to add to their player development programs.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
Most of the gold that is mined in Sudan is exported to the UAE.
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Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
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Human resource systems, learning platforms, credential repositories, and talent management tools generate continuous streams of data across the enterprise.
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Her eldest — the repository for her first memories of motherhood, who changed the shape of her days — is gone.
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The jury found Soto guilty of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and using and carrying explosives during a riot.
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Sigcho-Lopez ward office released an image of an SUV’s license plate number in a social media post, claiming the explosive was a bomb, set off by one of two men who arrived in an SUV.
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He is accused of attacking a 27-year-old man with a beer mug inside the Hula Bar on Saturday night.
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Liv Morgan controversially interrupted Iyo Sky's coronation, attacking her and forcing a tap-out.
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Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery.
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From a historic gold mine hitting the market to a former Boise State football star’s family’s wrongful death lawsuit, Idaho’s news cycle this week spans business, politics and tragedy.
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But with the righty and the Yankees donning stars and stripes themed jerseys, bombs began bursting in the humid Bronx air shortly after Saturday’s game began.
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Each city and many organizations had their own displays of rockets and aerial bombs, the largest one in this area being at Walt Disney World.
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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?
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The burning question now is when will the Hornets use that treasure trove to go and out and bring in a big-name talent?
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On it, Paula finds a treasure trove of videos of Trevor with his various clients.
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The gauntlet of booby traps culminating in the giant boulder that kick off Raiders is my single favorite opening sequence in a movie ever.
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.
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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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