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Carmarthenshire council refused plans to dig for 85,000 tonnes of coal at Glan Lash mine near Llandybie, citing impacts on the local environment.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“My client lied to the police. He lied to his lawyers in this case. And that’s a hard, hard hole to dig out of.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
But for your dividend income strategy to work — and approach something on the order of being bulletproof — we’d have to dig much deeper into the details.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
If the 2024 Netflix documentary was an attempt to look ahead, the Justice Department’s trove of Epstein files would soon dig up the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“Because they’re trying to dig up the past to put it in display boxes. I’m trying to unearth magic.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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