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dredger

[drej-er] / ˈdrɛdʒ ər /
NOUN
miner
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In June 2013, Gideon Mensah from Ghana signed up to work on the TN scalop dredger Noordzee.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2024

“They hide machinery in the forest and even sink their dredger barges into the rivers. After they retrieve them, they still work.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 10, 2022

Samuel Denapo: Because after we establish this fish trap, the dredger will come and they will put their pipe there, they will start sand-filling everything.

From Scientific American Dec. 17, 2021

The 75 families who lived on Tatuoca island began to question the benefits of the port complex expansion in 2009 when a dredger began scooping up chunks of the seabed to accommodate big ships.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2021

He didn’t think it was necessary to use the oyster dredger.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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