gold mine

Example Sentences

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Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Dead batteries yield lithium, cobalt and nickel; LED screens contain germanium; circuit boards hold platinum and palladium; hard disks store rare earths -- e‑waste has long been described as a "gold mine" for critical minerals.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“Having a superstar you can’t publicize is like finding a gold mine on somebody else’s land,” said the public-information director for the ABA’s Utah Stars, Malone’s first professional team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Greenlandic officials quietly concede that, in the short term at least, anyone running this island is more likely to find themselves staring down a money pit rather than a gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Bethlehem Steel was a gold mine in a time flush with poverty, especially for black families from the South.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot