Example Sentences
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Recycling aluminium, which can be done infinitely, means less is being extracted from bauxite mines, which have huge impacts on communities and the environment from habitat destruction, contamination of soil and harm to human health.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Much of the oil and natural gas extracted today formed through this long-term burial process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The same private contractors who had extracted her then were already staged on the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
With Guthrie missing, the FBI extracted and released doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
With difficulty he extracted a notebook and a stubby pencil from a back pocket.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
