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Noun
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Apopo says more than six million land mines may still be buried in the soil of Cambodia.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026 -
OpenAI’s paper conspicuously avoids specifying a corporate tax rate, a diplomatic omission that suggests the company knows where the political land mines are buried.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The plant also annually relied on 75,000 tons of coal, of which 25,000 tons would come from our own Indiana mines.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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But experts warn that the toxic runoff from the mines could pose an existential threat.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Claymore mines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claymore%20mines. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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