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drilling

noun as in mining

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In 2021, workers started drilling underground through two major railway systems—the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road—and installing caissons 100 feet into the bedrock.

Lancashire's Reform UK-led administration insists it is being 'pragmatic' in case the situation changes around fracking and have previously ruled out a return to drilling.

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Producers are unlikely to unwind drilling programs on which they have already spent millions of dollars and positioned building-sized rigs, he said.

Some of the bodies have been found in the corners of tunnels or in garbage bags and have required drilling underground to reach, according to reservists who took part in such operations.

Poolside and CoreWeave aim to take advantage of natural gas produced in the Permian Basin, the epicenter of U.S. drilling activity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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