Example Sentences

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"They were mining gold, selling timber, harvesting people's cocoa, collecting taxes, extorting money from people, etc. They were modestly growing and with money."

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2023

The 2016 Global Witness data shows that the industries at the heart of conflict were mining and oil, which were linked to 33 killings.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

Pei, Kevin Roche and a handful of others were mining a similar vein in the years Kahn was most active, even if their buildings rarely approached the poetic force of his.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2016

“They were very different people, but they were mining a lot of the same subjects, and they each had significant bodies of work in those areas.”

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2015

When he learned that we were mining men he told us he had a string of rich properties that he would like to sell.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis