trapped miners

collocation in English

meaningsoftrapandminer

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trap
noun
uk
/træp/us
/træp/
a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing ...
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miner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
a person who works in ...
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(Definition oftrapandminerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was believed that the trapped miners were somewhere between 11000to13000 ft from the entrance.
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Wearing oxygen masks the trapped miners were rescued on the 3rd day.
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The 12 trapped miners were on the first cart, which apparently passed the point where the explosion occurred.
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Evidence was visible that the trapped miners had attempted to dig their way out but ultimately had accepted their fate.
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Pumps were brought in from other mines, and rescuers made frantic attempts to reach the trapped miners.
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As soon as the news reached the surface, rescuers rushed to the mine from afar to assist several trapped miners.
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There were also reports of trapped miners using mobile phones to call relatives to discuss their plight.
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All rescue workers were pulled from the mine, and it was not known whether rescue efforts underground for the trapped miners would continue.
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On the fifth day, they were able to reach the trapped miners.
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They found the five trapped miners too weak to stand.
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Both previous rescues had used a rescue pod or capsule to winch trapped miners to the surface one-by-one.
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One of the 13 trapped miners survived.
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The film's plot will mostly focus on the disaster and its aftermath, during which rescue teams attempt to save the trapped miners over the course of three months.
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While pumping water would begin at all mine locations and any nearby residential and commercial water wells, the mine rescue first focused on getting air to the trapped miners.
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The foreman on the second cart, whose brother was among those trapped, the mine superintendent and three others entered the mine to rescue the trapped miners.
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At the same time, it was said that a child came to the trapped miners, gave them water and showed them the way out of the mine.
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