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an abundant source
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
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Recent Examples of mine
Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Through their Belt and Road Initiative and other investments, China has been quietly tying up mines and processing facilities around the world, most notably in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America.
—Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
The gem, which weighs more than 840 pounds, is known as the Bahia Emerald, having been mined in Bahia, Brazil in 2001.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In the depths of a former mine in South Dakota, the journalist learns how microbes carve the Earth’s crust.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Through their Belt and Road Initiative and other investments, China has been quietly tying up mines and processing facilities around the world, most notably in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America.
—Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer Throughout Cassandra Jenkins’ 2021 breakthrough An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, the New York singer-songwriter mined a deep well of grief through vulnerable spoken word and gossamer-light art pop, eventually finding both lightness and a way through.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
The gem, which weighs more than 840 pounds, is known as the Bahia Emerald, having been mined in Bahia, Brazil in 2001.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Rather than simply autocompleting sections of code, as current AI tools do, these agents can take on more complex work, such as checking code into repositories or combining data to enable analysis.Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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Norma and David had converted the median strip beyond their sidewalk into a native-plant repository—Christmas fern, aster, monarda, bergamot.Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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In the early 2000s, Ramsey said Litton had searched online for guns and explosives.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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With ranges of up to 15 kilometers (approximately nine miles) and flying at 100 kilometers an hour (approximately 62 miles per hour), the Russian drones are often equipped with grenades and improvised explosives.Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Governments around the world have trained eagles to attack unmanned aircraft.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The accuser says she was attacked by the two rappers at an after-show party following the Video Music Awards.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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That’s because the company could be sitting on a gold mine.Daniel Wine, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Areas like crypto investing and business AI integration are a gold mine.Tom Noh, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In one such case, Major Crimes detectives began investigating after someone on the social media platform X posted that a bomb had been placed on the 45th floor of a downtown high rise and tagged the LAPD’s account.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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And a bomb hidden in a scooter killed a Russian nuclear commander.Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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This seemingly obvious passcode opened the door to a treasure trove of evidence.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Join National Park Night Programming Many destinations, particularly those with dark skies, offer after-dark tours to help visitors appreciate their astronomical treasure troves.Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
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And that does not even consider the likelihood of a beacon which is also a booby trap. Tagging and tracking, with radio beacons or other means, looks like another example of the new possibilities opened up by drone warfare.David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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From guns to booby traps, Dutch leads the charge to take down the gnarly, terrifying looking alien.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
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Thompson was ambushed and shot around 6:45 a.m. while walking alone from a nearby hotel to the New York Hilton Midtown, police said.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Officer Cooper Dawson, 27, was running after a suspect following a traffic stop Monday night when that suspect ambushed Dawson and shot him multiple times, according to the Greenville Police Department.Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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