drill
Example Sentences
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You can’t drill a well, build a factory, or extend credit without certainty that your contract will be honored and what you own today will be yours tomorrow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Was anyone skeptical that this was the story to drill down on?
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
"I was getting the craniotomy anyway so they could get the tumour, and to get to the tumour they have to drill a hole," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Norman said he earned a baseball scholarship because he was the first player to step forward during a drill at a college camp.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
He had the bearing of a drill sergeant.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing drill
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Unit 2, Week 2
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