Digging
Mining
Mining noun - The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth.
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Digging and mining are semantically related in excavating topic. You can use "Digging" instead a noun "Mining".
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- A low hunger bar also prevents you from doing heavy work like mining and digging.
Source: Videogame / Wurm Online -
The Imps in Dungeon Keeper aren't your main fighters, but due to their gold mining and digging skills, they're the most essential unit in the game.
Source: Adorable Evil Minions -
When their mining exposes and results in their town filling with poisonous miasma, they continue digging instead of simply getting as far from the town and thus the miasma as they can.
Source: Video Game / Tales of the Abyss
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