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
Finals of schoolboy sports, dog racing, strange little competitions in the remoter counties, all these are grist to our hungry mill.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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