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gold mine

NOUN
rich source
Synonyms
WEAK
Eldorado Golconda bonanza cash cow golden goose goose that laid the golden egg gravy train license to print money mother lode rich lode source of supply vein very profitable venture

Example Sentences

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I doubt Mr. Cook saw his own job as anything other than consolidating the gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

You can also say the world may have seen its last Elon Musk if there isn’t a Tim Cook in the wings to deliver the gold mine at the end of the Musk rainbow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Twenty-five workers were inside the gold mine when the tailings dam - a structure which holds mining waste - burst on 25 March.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

US company Flagship Gold Corp. signed an agreement with Mali in October to take over a gold mine in Morilla.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Bethlehem Steel was a gold mine in a time flush with poverty, especially for black families from the South.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot