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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mothball .
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On the surface Abcourt seems to have the goods; known and growing resources, 12 million in mothballed infrastructure (estimated replacement value) and it resides in Quebec where the Provincial Government practically pays you to drill holes in the ground.
Archive 2008-01-06 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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On the surface Abcourt seems to have the goods; known and growing resources, 12 million in mothballed infrastructure (estimated replacement value) and it resides in Quebec where the Provincial Government practically pays you to drill holes in the ground.
Abcourt Mines, or why should I bother? Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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Mr. Gates said the Guantanamo Bay facility would almost certainly be "mothballed" after the current detainees were freed or transferred to the U.S.
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Musker: Basically then when 2-D went away here they kind of mothballed CAPS and CAPS had been kind of band-aided and paper-clipped together, the production software system.
Interview: The Princess and the Frog Directors Jon Musker and Ron Clements | /Film 2009
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The school was "mothballed" after city officials postponed a $25 million bond issuance in November 2008 due to the global financial crisis.
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The school was "mothballed" after city officials postponed a $25 million bond issuance in November 2008 due to the global financial crisis.
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County Administrator Shaun Groden said the former Economic Opportunity Committee building at 108 McMorran Blvd. has been "mothballed" because tearing it down would cost more than
Matt's Sports Attack 2010
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The school was "mothballed" after city officials postponed a $25 million bond issuance in November 2008 due to the global financial crisis.
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A dwindling congregation at the former cathedral of Cornwall means the church could be all but "mothballed".
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The school was "mothballed" after city officials postponed a $25 million bond issuance in November 2008 due to the global financial crisis.
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