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drill

[dril] / drɪl /






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You’ll have to hurriedly drill down to the Drive Modes menu and find the WOW icon, which you tap to engage full power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Niki just wants them to stop the racket they’re making with their drill, so he quickly manipulates the lock and gets back to tuning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

EagleRock doesn’t extract the oil and gas under its land, but it makes money from the companies that drill for it, by charging them leasing and royalty fees.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The court also heard Love's DNA was found on a drill which was believed to be the trigger mechanism for the device.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I burrowed the toe of my sneaker into the teal-blue rug as if I could drill a hole right through the ground.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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