coal miner
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, to homemaker Elsie and coal miner Glyndwr, and was one of seven children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
A coal miner, say, might be highly skilled at using specialized machinery to cut and load coal, but that skill can’t be readily applied to work outside the mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
He originally worked as a coal miner, but after a near-fatal accident which left him trapped under coal for two days, he decided to do something else.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 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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