drill
Example Sentences
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Mission engineers first attempted to remove it by vibrating the drill, but the effort had no visible effect.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Engineers eventually freed the rock by moving the arm and repeatedly operating the drill over several days.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Last year, Silver Strand State Beach, next to where the SEALs drill, had unsafe fecal-bacteria levels on 265 days, according to San Diego County.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The Permian Basin, which accounts for around half of U.S. production and holds billions more barrels underground, would be the logical place for oil companies to drill mores.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
The bag was way too big, but I just kept wrapping the drill around and around in it.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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