Here are a few gems mined from the latest Zogby data.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference

With a red-gold wedding ring, mined from the caves of sunset.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference

■ The total volume of gold ever mined is estimated at about 165,000 tonnes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The bulls head the global stampede for gold bullion - but will it last?] Reference

One of the first materials to be mined from the moon will be liquid oxygen, enabling economical trans-orbital operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's Next for SpaceX? - NASA Watch] Reference

Mica (also called Sericite) – Mica is a naturally colorless mineral that is mined from the earth in large, flat sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lipstick Making - Day One] Reference

I just wasn't prepared for questions about the metals mined from the Canadian shield, or the major industries of Saskatchewan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09] Reference

Personally, I allowed for this style of presentation and found much to be mined from the exploration of class and gender issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: New Zealand Dispatch.] Reference

These could be particulary useful if oxygen and possibly hydrogen could be mined from the moon or the moons of Mars or from the asteroids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things We Used To Do - NASA Watch] Reference

But it’s still the same basic idea as rule 30: a system mined from the computational universe using NKS methods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolfram Blog : Five Years of A New Kind of Science] Reference

The article raises the spectre that the data is sufficiently extensive to be "mined".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

Topsoil, the medium in which plants grow, should be seen as a natural resource which is "mined" by farmers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Like the oil overhang, when those inventories get "mined," prices will likely suffer, transforming the head fake into a major headache.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commodities Throw a Curveball] Reference

The whole area has been 'mined' so badly … So you are virtually fighting a war.    From Wordnik.com.  [rediff.com] Reference

The database can also be "mined" to track the past movements of specific vehicles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

The industry has largely "mined" the big older trees that once were found near mills.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewWest.Net All Headlines] Reference

The show Avatar has "mined" Asian arts, culture and history for the show and now wants to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference

•Reduce stack effect •Install air distribution systems so that soil air is not "mined".    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The main concern, Overton said, is that groundwater is a precious resource and should not be "mined" for exportation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News] Reference

These are being mined for data and put on the Web.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Freely --And Wisely] Reference

How do such nuggets of baseball history get mined?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elias Knows Everything] Reference

The airport is totally mined and nobody has a map of where the mines are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing Down The Warlords] Reference

MONTANANS GET RILED UP when a forest is logged or a mountainside mined -- legally.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Toppled Landmark] Reference

Angola, one of the most mined countries in the world, signed the Ottawa Convention.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Not A Pretty Picture] Reference

All of sub-Saharan Africa, the most mined continent on the planet, is part of this treaty.    From Wordnik.com.  ['It Can Be Done'] Reference

Already, some Japanese users are compelled to rely on smuggled or illegally mined rare earths.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power Up] Reference

Sounds mundane but, as “Seinfeld” proved, there is much humor to be mined from nothingness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ‘Odd Couple’ Meets ‘Jackass’] Reference

Nor is there much of the art deco sleekness that Joyce has mined so lovingly for his own books.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEAVENLY METAL] Reference

Our porters kept motioning us to keep to the sides of the tunnel because the center areas are still mined.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escape From Taloqan] Reference

The terrain is steep and heavily timbered, with treacherously narrow and muddy roads and mined or damaged bridges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning About War The Hard Way] Reference

Rats, on the other hand, may do better in densely mined fields, like those around Kabul, where dogs get easily confused.    From Wordnik.com.  [A NOSE FOR TROUBLE] Reference

Our porters kept motioning us to keep to the sides of the tunnel because the center areas had been mined and never cleared.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Person Global] Reference

Illicitly mined "hot rocks" at once fuel and fund wars from Sierra Leone to Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gems Of War] Reference

But white ones will soon become available and, at one fourth the cost of mined stones, they're likely to completely upend the market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping Up Appearances] Reference

Inside the office, government experts scrutinize rough diamonds that have been mined in Congo, assigning each of them a precise value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sifting Through A Dark Business] Reference

He was to pass through a field mined by Serbs and Muslims and link up with A Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Cavalry Regiment (3/5th Cav).    From Wordnik.com.  ['It's Gonna Be A Long Year'] Reference