How to Use black lung in a Sentence

black lung

noun
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  • His father was a coal miner who died of black lung before he was born.
    — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Her husband John was diagnosed with black lung about a decade ago at 47.
    — Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
  • Prior to the discovery, researchers largely thought that black lung cases were a thing of the past.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
  • His father was a coal miner who died of black lung disease before he was born.
    — Fox News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • In America’s coal country, black lung rates are hitting highs not seen in decades.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 1 June 2018
  • At least two of the former workers have been diagnosed with black lung disease.
    — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Her father, who eventually died of black lung disease, worked in the Van Lear mines.
    — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Her father, a coal miner, later died from black lung disease.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 4 Oct. 2022
  • My mother was 7 when her father died, a 27-year-old coal miner destroyed by black lung disease.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2020
  • Kenny Fleming, who was diagnosed with black lung disease three years ago, looks at an image of his lung.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 4 June 2018
  • McKinley had said evidence of black lung risks could be brought up at sentencing if the men were convicted.
    — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Wilson, 63, said he has been diagnosed with black lung and has trouble sleeping at night because of fluid buildup in his lungs.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • In 2012, McCool was diagnosed with advanced black lung.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 16 May 2017
  • Public health has long been a concern of West Virginia lawmakers, who for decades have addressed deadly plagues, from black lung to opioids.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • As is typical for coal miners, Shoupe's 20 years in coal left him with health issues like black lung disease and vertebrae damage to his back.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 24 May 2021
  • People with black lung disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis found help at the clinic.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 14 May 2021
  • Tests have revealed that really old microbes live inside the frozen corpse, and researchers say the mix may include the bacterium anthracis, which can lead to anthrax and black lung disease.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2010
  • The inhaling of dusty air in mines can lead to an incurable and fatal disease called pneumoconiosis, or black lung, which has killed tens of thousands of coal miners.
    — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The regulations are meant to protect workers against dangerous levels of breathable dust in the air, which can lead to a deadly and incurable disease known as black lung.
    — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The bill is modeled after a compensation program for coal miners disabled by black lung disease, under the provisions of a 1969 law, Vasquez said.
    — Morgan Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Coal companies put some of their workers in harms way and are now asking to get out of a tax that generates money to compensate former miners who have black lung disease.
    — Jonathan O’Connell, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Mental health became part of the block funded with black lung disease, rodent control, and blood pressure reduction programs.
    — Phyllis Vine, STAT, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The miners don’t want black lung benefits to become a partisan issue, their attorney said.
    — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Manchin has been a leader in helping get health care for sufferers of black lung, an affliction that strikes coal miners, and voted against repealing the Affordable Care Act.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2018
  • That led to a reduction in the amount coal companies pay into the fund, which pays benefits and medical bills for miners diagnosed with black lung disease.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Coal companies put some of their workers in harms way and are now asking to get out of tax that generates money to compensate former miners who have black lung disease.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Miners who breathe dusty air over a period of years are at risk of contracting pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • Yonts likely helped hundreds of miners over the years through his legal work in black lung cases that pitted him against some large coal companies, said Yonts Suetholz, who is also an attorney.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The most severe form, known as complicated black lung, is called progressive massive fibrosis, or PMF.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2018
  • While the archetypical example of this is the prevalence of black lung in coal miners, the paradigm holds water for autoimmune diseases too.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021

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