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
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
Atkins, 62, was raised in southwest Virginia by a coal miner and a garment worker and moved to San Diego in her 20s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
In mining country, a coal miner was like a decorated GI.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
His father, Anthony, had been living on his own since age fourteen, first as a coal miner and boxer, then as a construction worker.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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