Chilean
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Chilean copper producer Antofagasta cut its production forecast after a powerful storm stopped operations at its Los Pelambres mine in July, squeezing an already tight market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Chilean copper producer Antofagasta reduced its production forecast after a freak storm deposited 5 million cubic meters of snow into its Los Pelambres mine in July, causing a stoppage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Other highlights of the event included 15-year-old Chilean player Jaime "Craime" Bustos winning the Street Fighter 6 tournament to become the youngest-ever EWC champion.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
To spot S301 -- which is two billion times fainter than the star Betelgeuse in our sky -- the team of astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The land was useless for agriculture but had four plausible seaports and huge underground deposits of prehistoric guano, which Chilean companies mined and shipped to Europe for fertilizer.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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