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copper

noun as in auburn

noun as in change

noun as in ore

noun as in police

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Revenue was up 30% for the three months, to $448.5 million, as the price of gold continued to surge and average copper prices continued to climb.

He’d hang a copper wire out the window facing the courthouse, connect the homemade antenna to his shortwave radio, and exchange coded messages with Moscow.

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And while Trilogy’s shares rose 184% on the day of the announcement, the stock price of small cap Northern Dynasty Minerals, the owners of a prospective Alaskan copper mine similar to Trilogy’s, rose just 33%.

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However, copper's thermal stability typically weakens near that temperature, leading to particle agglomeration and loss of activity.

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Ohio and Michigan managers worried that people hoarding their pennies, or bank runs on the copper coins, could make matters worse.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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