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But as those costs continue to mount, Crimea—for all of its symbolic value—is rapidly becoming a practical millstone for the Russian state.
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Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2015
Teachers, librarians, drag queens — all perceived as introducing dangerous ideas to children — are condemned to drowning with millstones around their necks, a la Matthew 18:6.
—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Early residents pried it out with wedges to make millstones.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The miller would have poured grain into a hopper, which would funnel the grain between millstones, slowly crushing it into flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
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Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2015
Teachers, librarians, drag queens — all perceived as introducing dangerous ideas to children — are condemned to drowning with millstones around their necks, a la Matthew 18:6.
—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Early residents pried it out with wedges to make millstones.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The miller would have poured grain into a hopper, which would funnel the grain between millstones, slowly crushing it into flour.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for millstone
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“Millstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstone. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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