coal miner
Americannoun
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From the top of a wind turbine nearly 100 metres above the ground, Grzegorz Witek, a coal miner, gazes at the horizon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Born in Welch, W. Va., the son of a coal miner grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hamilton High before going on to play at Los Angeles City College and USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
His father was a coal miner, but those jobs, he said, are scarcer and less stable than before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Reynolds said his grandfather was a coal miner, but told his son "don't go down the mines".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
That money was no small thing to Francis Gary Powers, who had grown up the son of a coal miner in Virginia during the Great Depression, in a home with no electricity or running water.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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