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mined

verb

past tense of mine

as in attacked

to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined The approach could eventually create another use for iron resources that are already mined at large scale. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 Platsdarm’s volunteers go into fields and forests, among ruins and across territory, where the ground is often mined. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 In recent decades, the biggest coal seams in Appalachia were mined out. — Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 The Ceretani were an Indigenous community who farmed, herded, and mined within the Cerdanya region of Catalonia during the Iron Age. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 In fact, the United States mined magnesium from seawater for 50 years before switching to imports in the 90s. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026 In the meantime, Indiana mined a diamond out of a pile of obscurity. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Is the Moon destined to become an interstellar gas station, a resource to be mined and sold? — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 In the old days (of, like, five years ago), some of the NFL Draft’s brightest diamonds could be mined by scouting underclassmen. — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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And the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Ngbape, however, said his surveillance teams in Nizi have not been attacked.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

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While there was a period of harmony between the two coasts, that imploded after Shakur was ambushed at a Times Square recording studio in November 1994.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
On the day Tran was ambushed, the vehicle circled the area 16 times before the shooting, according to investigators.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambushed

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That’s because this onetime refuge of Pablo Picasso was bombed to hell less than three weeks before the official end of the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
In its kinetic war, the US has mostly bombed southern Iran, with more than 1,000 targets hit last month alone.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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