mineworker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mineworker
Example Sentences
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"When we are deep in the mines, temperatures are very high - digging the mineral is also very hard... plus there can be other harmful gases," mineworker Peter Osiasi told the BBC.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
The country registered 49 mineworker deaths in 2022, its safest year on record.
From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023
“We will show America how we celebrate organized labor and all workers — the waitress in Dayton, the office worker in Toledo, the nurse in Columbus, the mineworker in Coshocton,” he continued.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2018
Strike leader Gaddafi Mdoda, a mineworker at Anglo American Platinum, or Amplats, said he was one of the workers who received emails or SMS messages telling them they had been dismissed.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012
Her father, a mineworker, had died when she was an infant, and her mother when she was twelve.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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