anthracite
Example Sentences
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They grabbed the easel, found crimson and anthracite paint and splattered the colors across the canvas.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023
The colliery is the only producer of high-grade anthracite in western Europe and supplies the nearby Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022
I have a very good friend here in New Hampshire who heats with anthracite coal.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
Abramovic, known for her work with crystals, chose anthracite from Ukrainian mines and rock quartz crystals from Brazil.
From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2021
Little by little the town names along the way began to take on a frank industrial tone—Port Carbon, Minersville, Slatedale—and I realized I was entering the strange, half-forgotten world of Pennsylvania’s anthracite region.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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