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coal

[kohl] / koʊl /


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The few remaining barrels were being rolled to the open hatch to be hefted on deck by a handful of waiting men in their haphazard blanket and coal soot disguises.

From Literature

“So I just kicked it with my boot to kind of expose it, and there was, like red hot, like, coals,” he testified.

From Los Angeles Times

His efforts, combined with the boom in construction of power-hungry artificial-intelligence data centers, could keep coal plants that were once slated for retirement operating years longer than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal

For India, any partner that helps it diversify its energy imports portfolio and ensure a long-term supply of uranium, oil, gas and coal is considered valuable.

From BBC

Meantime, China is relying on coal to power its AI buildout.

From The Wall Street Journal