drilling
Example Sentences
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She would hear drilling in the night and believed the person was building a secret passageway into the house.
From BBC
Humans have journeyed roughly 25 billion km beyond our planet, yet drilling beneath Earth's surface has only reached a depth of just over 12 km.
From Science Daily
Plans include fixing the town's seven boreholes and desalination plant as well as drilling for an extra borehole in the short term.
From BBC
U.S. drilling isn’t tapped out, but the rewards are starting to plateau.
From Barron's
And winter can bring less work in parts of the country, because of challenges drilling through snow and frozen ground.
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