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