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[mil] / mɪl /




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Miller-Meeks made similar remarks, saying the mill would create 6,000 construction jobs and it would be “just transformational” for the area, which has been hit by offshoring.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Mesabi’s proposed mill would be one of the largest in the U.S. with an initial annual production capacity of 7.5 million tons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

People stop by Amadou Gaye's shack at the market in the western town of Sukuta to use his small electric mill to grind millet for cooking porridge or the local steamed grain dish called chere.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Crews were also called to a blaze there in July 2025 and there was a major fire that destroyed a significant part of the former textile mill in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Edgemont, where the properties were located, was a tumbledown, racially mixed neighborhood, once a mill village, known euphemistically in the mid-1960s as “transitional.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The consumption of iron ore has pricked up from low levels, while steel mills are restocking ahead of the holiday, providing some support to demand, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The economics, however, are going the other direction, with local mills unable to compete with facilities boasting output hundreds of times greater.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Traditional millers say stone-ground products are healthier than ones from industrial roller mills.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

New containerboard mills process recycled boxes, not wood pulp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He passed now-closed mills, tall and haunting in the shadows.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Next door at the JW Marriott hotel, ballrooms are converted into press workspaces where celebrities and their teams milled about throughout the ceremony, reuniting cast-mates who haven't seen each other since they wrapped filming.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Customers, some armed, milled among tables pushing babies in prams, while an employee carefully packed boxes with wine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The reopening was packed with shoppers, store owners and residents, who milled about the refurbished center and enjoyed free drinks and food offered from kiosks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

She also sells freshly milled ancient grain flour and other traditionally produced Italian foods through her company, Healthy Journey Through Food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Folks were out and about on the streets below; they milled about like tiny, fancy ants.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

On the Monday after KCON, I met up a second time with the members of Santos Bravos, who were milling about in the Hybe America offices in Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

AFP on Saturday saw migrant minors milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta, while others dozed on the pavements outside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Born in 1932 in South Africa to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who ran a malt business, Kirsh ventured into grain milling and then distribution, according to news reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

The cavities were created using focused ion beam milling in thick, mechanically exfoliated Bi2Te3 flakes.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

Already, there’s a crowd of people milling around the dance floor, even though no one’s really dancing yet.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli




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