zinc

Example Sentences

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“And that is before counting the zinc and lead credits that come with the ore,” it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

AFP visited the remote border zone and saw three buildings reduced to rubble, their scorched zinc roofing twisted among the debris.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

However, this research expands that understanding by examining additional minerals, including magnesium and zinc.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

At least 33 miners have died in a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine in central Nigeria's Plateau state, witnesses have told the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The soldier in white was like an unrolled bandage with a hole in it or like a broken block of stone in a harbor with a crooked zinc pipe jutting out.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller