Example Sentences

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Even “all deeply buried nuclear facilities” would leave room for chicanery, as the facility beneath Pickaxe Mountain could be excluded as a “construction site.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The Pickaxe Mountain site is a difficult target, buried 80 to 100 meters below ground—even deeper than the Fordow facility the U.S. bombed in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

A satellite image from 10 February shows what appears to be fresh concrete laid on top of one of the Pickaxe Mountain entrance areas.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The assertion came after US media reported that Iran had accelerated construction at a secret underground nuclear site called "Pickaxe Mountain", or Kuh-e Kolang, near its Natanz facility.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Ned picked up the little nutshell and plugging it up with moss, placed it carefully in his knapsack with the Magic Axe and the Magic Pickaxe.

From The Magic Soap Bubble by Jones, E. I.