mill

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I attended a public elementary school in a small mill town in western Pennsylvania, and we had what we called “retention drills,” perhaps to make it sound less frightening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A major fire has broken out at a historic mill in Staffordshire.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

One woman who worked at a berry farm before the steel mill opened told him “as soon as that plant fired up … everything died.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Start your own rumor mill of positive news.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

He would mill my grain to a fine powder.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff