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- noun Alternative spelling of
coal mine .
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Examples
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Canary in coalmine hit it with the high speed rail funding.
Obama Rides the Rails to Power - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Canary in coalmine - you cite several well-documented examples of why insurance reform is necessary.
New Health Reform Group to Spend $40 Million - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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That is very competitive with conventional (coal-powered) generation, without the human lives being lost in coalmine accidents as recently experienced in Indiana and Utah.
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According to Turmanov, the government commission earlier believed an explosion at the coalmine was the main cause of the accident.
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According to Turmanov, the government commission earlier believed an explosion at the coalmine was the main cause of the accident.
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Iraq women are the canaries in the coalmine which is why it was always so important for the US government to ignore them and for their lapdogs in the press to do the same.
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You know that West Virginia coalmine that's the star of Spike TV's new reality series "Coal," from the same guy who brings you Discovery's "Deadliest Catch"?
Feds cite mining company with safety violations while Spike TV crew films reality show Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Scientists point to coral as a canary in the coalmine for climate change -- and their reaction to increased water temperatures isn't the only indication that carbon emissions are reaching dangerous levels.
Sigourney Weaver: Coral Reefs Are Trying to Tell Us Something: We Must Break Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels Sigourney Weaver 2010
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Scientists point to coral as a canary in the coalmine for climate change -- and their reaction to increased water temperatures isn't the only indication that carbon emissions are reaching dangerous levels.
Sigourney Weaver: Coral Reefs Are Trying to Tell Us Something: We Must Break Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels Sigourney Weaver 2010
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We've moved far beyond only hearing from the canary in the coalmine.
Robert Greenwald: What Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers Have In Common Robert Greenwald 2011
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