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"etymology_text": "As success in a gold rush was measured by whether gold was found.",
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"ref": "1916, Zane Grey, chapter 14, in The Border Legion",
"text": "Jim Cleve had gone to an unfrequented part of the gulch, for no particular reason, and here he had located his claim. The very first day he struck gold.",
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"To find gold."
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"(literally) To find gold."
],
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "strike oil"
}
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to find gold",
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"word": "trafiać na żyłę złota"
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988, Douglas C. Lyons, “What to expect in Seoul”, in Ebony",
"text": "Danny Manning and Edwin Moses quickly come to mind for fans who want American athletes to strike gold this summer.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, “Holiday Glitter”, in New York Magazine",
"text": "Shopping for jewelry is just like finding love: When the right one comes along, you'll know it. What follows is a list of sources where buyers are most likely to strike gold.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, “Wife Winds $872,884.09 at Online Casino”, in Weekly World News",
"text": "Michele S. is one in a long line of Progressive Jackpot players to strike gold at Lucky Nugget Online Casino",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 16, Erin Griffith, “The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom’s Most Indispensable Prize”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Two weeks ago, he struck gold: Docugami secured access to the computing power it needed through a government program called Access, which is run by the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that funds science and engineering.",
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}
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"To be lucky, to win or be successful."
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"(informal) To be lucky, to win or be successful."
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"word": "trouver le filon"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"word": "trouver le bon filon"
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{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fr",
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"word": "faire une affaire en or"
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"(literally) To find gold."
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988, Douglas C. Lyons, “What to expect in Seoul”, in Ebony",
"text": "Danny Manning and Edwin Moses quickly come to mind for fans who want American athletes to strike gold this summer.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, “Holiday Glitter”, in New York Magazine",
"text": "Shopping for jewelry is just like finding love: When the right one comes along, you'll know it. What follows is a list of sources where buyers are most likely to strike gold.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, “Wife Winds $872,884.09 at Online Casino”, in Weekly World News",
"text": "Michele S. is one in a long line of Progressive Jackpot players to strike gold at Lucky Nugget Online Casino",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 16, Erin Griffith, “The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom’s Most Indispensable Prize”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Two weeks ago, he struck gold: Docugami secured access to the computing power it needed through a government program called Access, which is run by the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that funds science and engineering.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"(informal) To be lucky, to win or be successful."
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"sense": "to find gold",
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"word": "trafiać na żyłę złota"
},
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"sense": "to find gold",
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"word": "trafić na żyłę złota"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"word": "trouver le filon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"word": "trouver le bon filon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"word": "faire une affaire en or"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "trafiać na żyłę złota"
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"sense": "to be lucky, to win, to be successful",
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],
"word": "trafić na żyłę złota"
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"word": "strike gold"
}
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