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There's also an evil force hidden deep within an old mineshaft, a dark shadow that reaches into the minds and influences the behavior of some of the kids from both communities.— Jen Robinson's Book Page
A Workington sports field has been cordoned off after a suspected mineshaft was uncovered.— T&S news feed
In many ways, Jews are the barometers of the societies in which they live - the canary in the mineshaft of democratic societies - which accounts for why the U.S.,— Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
Local man Joe Metlow claims to have captured a Bigfoot and is holding it in a nearby mineshaft.— Cryptomundo
The worst chase scene has to be at the end where Dom, Brian, and several bad guys are in the mineshaft-like tunnel on the US-Mexico border.— CarDomain Blog

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