drilling
Example Sentences
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But for more than a year, the company clashed with state and local regulators as it attempted to restart oil drilling and transport.
From Los Angeles Times
Your life won’t crater because you can’t stop playing the piano, practicing tennis serves, drilling irregular French verbs or reading another page of “Plutarch’s Lives.”
Propelled by shale drilling, the U.S. transformed from a large importer into the world’s largest oil producer.
‘But somebody knows,’ She looked directly at Torak, her eyes drilling into his.
From Literature
Four bulk carriers, three container ships, a tugboat, an oil drilling vessel and a cargo ship also reported explosions, strikes or suspicious activity in the area to UKMTO.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
