drill
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The company produces steady cash flows from the royalty payments it gets from companies that drill for natural gas across its 3.4-million acre portfolio, and pays it back to shareholders.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 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
At the recent drill in the Philippines, the Marines fired dozens of inert training rounds to practice hitting one-way-attack and surveillance drones and a mix of fixed-wing and rotor targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
He was a half Giant who had once challenged a steam-powered drill to a rock-drilling contest and won using his sledgehammer.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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