derrick

Example Sentences

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A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

For Anderson’s 2007 mad epic, he walked ranches around Marfa, Texas, before deciding on the knoll where the 90-foot oil derrick would go.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

In Mid-Wilshire, an oil derrick is camouflaged as a nondescript office building.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Workers hurried around the base of the derrick.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez