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mined

verb

past tense of mine

as in attacked

to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined But Rossellini and Visconti, the latter a scion of the country’s aristocratic theater and opera traditions, also mined melodrama, historical epics, and more expressionist genres of filmmaking. — Erik Morse, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026 Corbin mined the flavor profile of West African pepper soup for his roasted bone marrow with flatbread. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 At gold’s current spot price of roughly $4,600 a troy ounce, the total value of all gold ever mined comes out to roughly $33 trillion — still $7 trillion less than the national debt. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 From there, the minerals are sent away to be further processed into useable material, but that's a small fraction of what's mined out. — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Most of these elements are too low in value to be proposed targets for asteroid mining, but it has been suggested that spacecraft materials like aluminum and titanium might someday be mined in space for use in space. — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 Depending on what is mined, toxic chemicals can be released and radioactive waste generated. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 For podcasts, authors provide legitimacy to any topic, and their insights – based on the wisdom mined from their book research – can make for an enlightening and lively discussion. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The approach could eventually create another use for iron resources that are already mined at large scale. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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Hmeimin served as a hub for Syrian warplanes that repeatedly bombed anti-Assad opposition groups, killing several civilians and destroying large parts of Syria’s infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities, in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Targets for violence For example, Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in Birmingham, Alabama, were bombed three times.

— Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

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