salt mines
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Carpenter toiled for years in the Disney-pop salt mines before breaking out in 2022 with the comparatively frisky “Emails I Can’t Send.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Ruslan, 45, was working 1,000 feet below the earth in one of Europe’s largest salt mines when the Russians launched their full-scale invasion.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
They fought battles to maintain possession of the salt mines, she learned—but ate almost no meat.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
Before the Russian invasion in February, Bakhmut was home to around 70,000 people, and was known for its salt mines and sparkling wine production.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022
“I would have to go to work in the salt mines this time.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
