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Recent Examples of mined
These have been used by Spruce Pine locals for centuries, and for millennia, Native Americans mined mica to create beads, decorative belts and money, according to Our State magazine.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
And while quartz is abundant around the world, the kind of ultra-high-purity quartz mined in Spruce Pine is not.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Designers mined their own codes and archives and amplified them without apologies.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
Early humans also excavated rocks and mined red ocher using only Stone Age tools and their mastery of fire.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Neptune Frost offers a vision of the future within reach, one that can be found, excavated, mined, and held by its stewarding populations for their own uses and self-determination.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Extinct volcanoes are already mined for their iron ore, diamond and copper, but the process may be modified to mine for REE as well.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024
Greenpeace adds that 58 leading electric vehicle and technology companies have publicly committed to not source minerals mined from the deep sea, with this list including Google, Samsung, Apple, Volvo and BMW.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
Comedians often mined fatness for humor—and that included Hurley’s.
—Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
And while quartz is abundant around the world, the kind of ultra-high-purity quartz mined in Spruce Pine is not.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Designers mined their own codes and archives and amplified them without apologies.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
Early humans also excavated rocks and mined red ocher using only Stone Age tools and their mastery of fire.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Neptune Frost offers a vision of the future within reach, one that can be found, excavated, mined, and held by its stewarding populations for their own uses and self-determination.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Extinct volcanoes are already mined for their iron ore, diamond and copper, but the process may be modified to mine for REE as well.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024
Greenpeace adds that 58 leading electric vehicle and technology companies have publicly committed to not source minerals mined from the deep sea, with this list including Google, Samsung, Apple, Volvo and BMW.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
Comedians often mined fatness for humor—and that included Hurley’s.
—Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mined
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While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In 2019, Paulino and his cousin were ambushed by a group of the loggers who killed Paulino and wounded his cousin.Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
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Since last week’s atrocity, imagery of which was widely shared on social media, the Ukrainian 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, respectively holding positions southeast and southwest of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s own positions in Kursk Oblast, have ambushed Russian marines.David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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The family used to farm and attend church in their hometown of Sake but fled in February when it was bombed.Sam Mednick and Ruth Alonga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Israel's military ordered civilians to leave north Gaza even as the area was bombed, and many who have been forcibly displaced multiple times have reportedly refused to leave.NBC News, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Mined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mined. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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