mill
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After some trial and error, he and a local blacksmith retrofitted a hand-cranked coffee mill so that it could efficiently twist wire into uniform barbs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
When she was 12, Margaret Knight started working in a textile mill, where she invented a safety device to stop the loom and prevent accidents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The windswept community is home to historic mill houses and a new low-income housing complex right next to where the turbine components will be stacked and assembled.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It’s the difference between building a steel mill, and betting on whether or not a steel mill gets built.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
And neither would he have the strength of his mother, who since his father's death had worked even harder, plowing the wheat fields with Star, planting and gathering the crop, taking it to the mill.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Vocabulary lists containing mill
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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