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

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

From BBC

Smudge-ugly oil derricks befouled the graves, and by around 1905, graves and gravestones had been moved to a new Home of Peace, well east of downtown.

From Los Angeles Times

“We suddenly know how many steps it is to get to the church from the derrick. It starts to become real.”

From Seattle Times

The oil derrick logo team founder Bud Adams brought with him to Tennessee in 1997 was at midfield with the Oilers’ nickname in both end zones and decorated the walls along the field.

From Seattle Times