placer

Example Sentences

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Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Amber Edmonds’ fifth-place finish in singles was the only placer for Lakeside in singles.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

Simonson, a conference placer in diving, has been accepted academically to go to Notre Dame.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2021

Mr. Tremblay began placer mining a few years ago, a passion he admitted is stoked more by the thrill of discovery than the prospect of striking it rich.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2017

The dissolving gravel beds of a placer mine and the arid plains, were neither symbols of permanence nor of bread.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey