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mill

[mil] / mɪl /




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That reflects softer production at the Penny gold mine and lower overall mill grades, Redfern says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The consortium shared data as run of the mill as spambots as well as more serious threats.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

This massive steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, fell silent in the 1990s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, lawyer Philip Barden, who has represented several ex-soldiers, claimed Army veterans were "put through the mill" in cases where there was "no evidence".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A typical Southern mill village, like the one in which C.P. grew up.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The company’s results were headlined by the steel mills segment, where earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests more than doubled to $1.79 billion from $793 million a year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Nucor NUE -0.29%decrease; down pointing triangle reported a higher profit and rising revenue in the third quarter, as its steel mills segment continues to propel the company’s earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ryzhenkov said the company had "improved the covered areas" at its mills where workers can shelter during air raids.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

But many disused mills and factories have given way to apartment blocks, trendy cafes and co-working spaces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

But soon he began to show things like the park and the Natural History Museum and the Zoo and bridges and steel mills as if he himself had made every one of them.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

The reopening was packed with shoppers, store owners and residents, who milled about the refurbished center and enjoyed free drinks and food offered from kiosks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

If you take a loaf of bread as an example, first the grain is grown, harvested, milled and stored until it is ready to be taken to a factory.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Hundreds of people milled around a popular market in La Paz, stocking up on food products that had only just arrived.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Families evacuated from their homes milled about the lobby and parking lot of the Cypress Community Center late Friday waiting for any updates about the leaking chemical tank that sent them fleeing earlier that day.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

He was talking, but no sound came from his mouth; searchers milled curiously in the snowy background, raising on tiptoe to jeer silently at the camera.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The bond financiers milling around the IMF meetings seem to be taking another look at the UK after years of crisis.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

That approach can restrict the complexity of possible designs and carries a risk of micro-cracking during milling or sintering.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Investigators also seized about 20,000 rounds of ammunition, including armor-piercing rounds, multiple firearm suppressors and about 15 firearm milling fixtures used to illegally manufacture and modify AR-15-style lower receivers, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

AFP on Saturday saw migrant minors milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta, while others dozed on the pavements outside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

The special festivities held enough distractions, with so many people milling around the train depot, that no one noticed Ned Gillen at the army recruitment station, signing his name on the dotted line.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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