COAL MINE Definition & Meaning

coal mine

noun

a mine or pit from which coal is obtained.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

coal miner noun
coal mining noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of coal mine¹

First recorded in 1605–15

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Plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years have officially been abandoned.

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Speaking at a protest last Friday, she said that Columbia University’s role in Khalil’s abduction was “beyond capitulation” and that this issue is the "canary in the coal mine" in terms of criminalizing political speech.

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“We’ve known that birds are very sensitive to smoke for a long time. Think about canaries in the coal mine, right?”

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Joly said Canada was the "canary in the coal mine", with the Europeans next, and the UK after that.

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“The first canary in the coal mine was that the students stopped moving to New York,” he recalls.

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