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mines

  • plural of mine.
  • present tense form of mine (3rd person singular).

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Sen. Joshua Bryant, a Republican who sponsored the measure last year, said he’s working on legislation to address concerns that the limits interfere with addressing complaints about the mines’ noise and impact on the community.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

In addition, the mines' metal shells can corrode in seawater, leaking potentially toxic explosive compounds, such as TNT, into the environment over time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

The mines’ scale can draw gasps from people in the power industry.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

These prehistoric mines’ ages were a “long-standing mystery,” says David Pompeani, a geologist at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa.

From Scientific American • Feb. 6, 2023

"There's a thousand of them coming up the mines' road!"

From The Man from Brodney's by McCutcheon, George Barr