strip mine
noun
: a mine that is worked from the earth's surface by the stripping of overburden
especially
: a coal mine situated along the outcrop of a flat dipping bed
strip miner
noun
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The viewer floats over slums, a strip mine, an artisanal sulfur mine.
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
There isn’t an inch on this planet that some craven rich person won’t figure out how to strip mine.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
The trucks had already made their first bauxite delivery of the day to the port and were returning to the strip mines for more.
—Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
The strip mine’s owner, Blackjewel, fixed some problems, but when the rains came again, so did the muddy flooding.
—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 26 Apr. 2023
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
There isn’t an inch on this planet that some craven rich person won’t figure out how to strip mine.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
The trucks had already made their first bauxite delivery of the day to the port and were returning to the strip mines for more.
—Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
The strip mine’s owner, Blackjewel, fixed some problems, but when the rains came again, so did the muddy flooding.
—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 26 Apr. 2023
See all Example Sentences for strip mine
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“Strip mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mine. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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