How to Use taconite in a Sentence
taconite
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The debris, which consists of mud, rocks, sticks and taconite pieces, was up to four feet thick in one area, Briggs said.
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Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Iron ore – or taconite – is the main commodity transported through the Locks, followed by coal, stone and grain products.
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Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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But its connection to the city is forever preserved — the city's name remains visible, upside down, just above the mud and taconite on the lake bottom.
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Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bacon takes his time getting to the fateful voyage; there are myriad sidebars of varying interest on topics such as Great Lakes shipping and the rise of taconite, two lake wrecks that foreshadowed the Fitz, even the sailors’ favorite watering holes.
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Kevin Duchschere,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Goncalves’ criticism of Minnesota presumably referred to its environmental regulation of the taconite industry, including an ongoing dispute over the state’s wild rice sulfate standard.
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Jimmy Lovrien,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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On the morning of November 9, 1975, the ship, with its all-American crew of 29, sailed from Superior, Wisconsin, with a cargo of taconite pellets bound for Zug Island in Detroit.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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