quarrying
noun
quar·ry·ing
ˈkwȯr-ē-iŋ 
ˈkwär-
: the business, occupation, or act of extracting useful material (such as building stone) from quarries
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Traveling to 22 countries across multiple continents, the film captures the various industries that significantly contribute to ecological destruction, from metal mining in Russia to ivory poaching in Kenya, to marble quarrying in Italy.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Construction crews filled many of them with cement while erecting new buildings and laying new roads, while miners destroyed others through quarrying.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024
Cashman Dredging’s bid to begin large-scale quarrying work on the former Dow Chemical property drew intense local opposition last winter, brining more than 200 residents to protest against it at a hearing.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
This makes the conservation of Pulau Ubin—a granite quarrying site in the 1970s that is now a nature area—particularly crucial for the survival of the species.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Construction crews filled many of them with cement while erecting new buildings and laying new roads, while miners destroyed others through quarrying.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024
Cashman Dredging’s bid to begin large-scale quarrying work on the former Dow Chemical property drew intense local opposition last winter, brining more than 200 residents to protest against it at a hearing.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
This makes the conservation of Pulau Ubin—a granite quarrying site in the 1970s that is now a nature area—particularly crucial for the survival of the species.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarrying. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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