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The advance information for September points to declined in manufacturing and mining and oil and gas extraction, partially offset by increases in utilities and recovery in wholesale trade for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I crisped the breadcrumbs separately in a pan with olive oil, red pepper flakes and the zest of an entire lemon, then spooned them over the cabbage just before serving.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

At ExxonMobil, oil prices averaged around $85 per barrel during the period, about a third more than in the 2025 quarter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Within a couple of decades, L.A. would become an oil boom town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Inside, it’s softly lit and smells like a combination of the lavender essential oil mixture we use on the bedding and something pungent and medicinal.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Some plants infuse their leaves with chemicals that are toxic to pests but useful to humans in moderation, such as the bitter tannins in tea and the fragrant oils in mint and rosemary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Essential oils contain naturally occurring compounds produced by plants, some of which have antimicrobial properties.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Scientists have previously investigated oils produced from Hinoki leaves and branches, but oils derived specifically from the roots have received far less attention.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Costco recently raised the price of its private-label Kirkland motor oils to $58 for 10 quarts, up from $36 on May 30, according to Mizuho Securities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The shower alone has a panel with more than a hundred options you can choose regulating water temperature, pressure, soaps, shampoos, scents, oils, and massaging sponges.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

“Once it gets challenged or exposed, the gaslighting and redirection of the blame toward anyone willing to tell the truth starts through an international well oiled publicity machine,” Freedman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024

Perched on the pole, she oiled her feathers, which had become dry at the high altitudes.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I learned that oiling the blade prevents humidity from tarnishing the steel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

She did menial tasks like washing and oiling their hair and kept them close to her, emotionally and physically.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

If commoners' living standards slip—not relative to the elites, but relative to what they had before—they accept the overtures of the counter-elites and start oiling the axles of their tumbrels.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023

Blobs of oil washed ashore, oiling birds and shuttering the famed shoreline of Huntington Beach for a week.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

He was not sure he wanted to have one of those conversations so many Biafrans had now, passing kernels of blame to others, oiling their own faces with a valor they had never had.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie