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dredger

[drej-er] / ˈdrɛdʒ ər /
NOUN
miner
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Kinmen residents in recent years have reported seeing an increase in sand dredger vessels from China, which take sand from the ocean floor, as well as fishing ships, close to its coast.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

"It was the most powerful dredger that had ever been built," says Mr Pressley.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2021

Samuel Denapo: These dredging activities, this dredger, it created a lot of problems.

From Scientific American Dec. 17, 2021

The 75 families who lived on Tatuoca island began to question the benefits of the port complex expansion in 2009 when a dredger began scooping up chunks of the seabed to accommodate big ships.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2021

He didn’t think it was necessary to use the oyster dredger.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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