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Noun
  • Ward 209 has been a repository for detainees leveraged as pawns in Iran’s sadistic foreign policy.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • The best ideas now emerge not just from Harvard Business Review or McKinsey reports but from research labs, GitHub repositories, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, expert newsletters, research papers, product announcements and many other sources.
    John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Take the mine tour deep into the earth (but not that deep) at the Consolidated Gold Mine.
    John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
  • The Kloof mine, which accounts for 14% of Sibanye's total gold output, also operates two other shafts.
    Reuters, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • China used to be a gold mine for U.S. studios, which could count on certain blockbuster films making huge amounts of money from the nation’s booming middle class.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Junk removal businesses can be a ‘gold mine’ generating $50,000 to $150,000 annually for small operations, with profit margins of 20-30%.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • From the tranquil Topsail area to the impressive Crystal Coast, North Carolina’s seashore is a treasure trove of beautiful places.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
  • But that would be a mistake, because the Ecuadorian mainland is also a treasure trove of experiences, natural and manmade.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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“Argosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argosy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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