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claymore mines

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as in land mines

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One image showing land mines was widely republished by Thai media outlets and bolstered Thailand's claims that Cambodia had laid new mines along the border that wounded patrolling Thai soldiers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
The younger Modrić’s childhood home in the village of Jasenice was abandoned and remains so to this day, with signs warning visitors of land mines in the area.

— Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 June 2026

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Removing mines from the waterway would be done solely by Iran, Gharibabadi said at the time.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.

— Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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