grist

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The unearthing in 2018 of a charcoal inscription at Pompeii featuring a date in October has been grist to the mill of those who seek to push the eruption beyond August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

For added populist grist, the club is located above the Milken Institute, a think tank founded by a formerly incarcerated financier, Michael Milken, and is majority owned by Ron Burkle, a billionaire investor.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

This ought to be grist to the mill of the Scottish pack.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

“The data should provide plenty of grist for earthquake prediction,” says Jeffrey Park, a seismologist at Yale University.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

But you’ve got to have grist before you can grind; and there was no more for the new mill to do than for the old.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien