mine coal
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
To extract coal from the ground.
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- They mine coal in this region to fuel the local power plants.
- For centuries, people have mined coal from these mountains.
- His great-grandfather mined coal with just a pickaxe and a shovel.
- The corporation will mine coal here until the seam runs dry.
- It is no longer profitable to mine coal using traditional methods.
- The environmental impact of mining coal is a serious global concern.
- Although it's a dangerous job, many still mine coal to support their families.
- The decision to stop mining coal affected the entire town's economy.
- Advanced machinery now allows companies to mine coal more efficiently than ever before.
- Before modern machinery, workers used to mine coal by hand in treacherous conditions.