Noun : the worst cave-in in the history of mining. ,His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us. From Dictionary.com.
Breaking news, another cave-in at the mine in Utah. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
The 33 men were trapped by a mine cave-in on August 5. From Wordnik.com. [Massive Oil Drill Arrives at Chile Mine] Reference
TUCHMAN (voice-over): Four miners survived the cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007] Reference
They used hand tools to avoid triggering another cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
It's unclear still whether they have survived the cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
The goal, reaching six miners trapped in yesterday's cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference
Maybe you knew my father; he was killed in the cave-in on the June. From Wordnik.com. [Baldy of Nome] Reference
They were trapped in a steel cage when the earthquake triggered a cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2006] Reference
Beyond a crevice created by a cave-in he saw an intense light play weirdly. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
QUESTION: Can you tell us, though, was it a cave-in, walls collapsing, debris?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
The rescue operation is suspended indefinitely now after last night's fatal cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
Scientists seem to think that the seismic activity was caused by the cave-in itself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
The miners have been underground since August 5, when they were trapped by a cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped Chile Miner Becomes New Dad] Reference
Seven other members left the cave on Friday after melting snow caused a small cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2008] Reference
For the first time, we are going to actually be able to go in to where that cave-in is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
But Murray, CEO of the company, continued to insist an earthquake caused the cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [Agonizing Wait] Reference
The search operation was suspended after three rescuers were killed in a cave-in on Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2007] Reference
He had been on night shift, and he had not been hurt in a cave-in, for our own boys found him. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
Some experts question whether it was actually the cave-in that caused earthquake-like tremors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference
The miners, trapped since an Aug. 5 cave-in, are holed up in a shelter 2,200 feet below ground. From Wordnik.com. [Chile to Dig Three Rescue Tunnels for Miners] Reference
Catching some words of theirs about a cave-in, he had gone pelting off to Rupert with the story. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
So, could you describe this, John, as anything but a complete cave-in on the part of the Democrats?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2007] Reference
But when you hear from scientists, they say that the seismic activity was caused by the cave-in itself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
The concert raised money for the community and for the family of a miner who was killed in that cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2006] Reference
One miner is dead following a cave-in at the Pikeville Mine just about a hundred miles away from Lexington. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2006] Reference
The body is drawn up in agony, and there is every indication that the man was killed by a cave-in of the mine. From Wordnik.com. [Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds] Reference
They say a bad design and improper mining techniques led to the cave-in, which killed six miners and three rescuers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008] Reference
Crews suspended operations after four weeks of fruitless attempts to find the men missing since an August 6 cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007] Reference
Occasionally they had to walk around places where the river had undermined a section of the bank and caused a cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [Men Called Him Master] Reference
GORANI: The country is mourning a miner who did not survive the cave-in, even as it celebrates the freeing of the others. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
It also cheered miners 'family members, who have held vigil in a tent city here since miners were caught in an Aug. 5 cave-in. From Wordnik.com. [Foot-Wide Shaft Reaches Miners] Reference
They say they believe they're good enough to, quote, "stay alive," that is if the men initially survived the cave-in on Monday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2007] Reference
After the first cave-in, the six miners were thought to be trapped about four miles from the entrance, 1, 500 feet below ground. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
A second wider drill has broken through to the chamber where six miners are believed to have been trapped since a cave-in on Monday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2007] Reference
He says that there's no way to describe to outsiders how fast a cave-in happens or how devastating that initial concussion is -- Suzanne. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2007] Reference
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