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oil

[oil] / ɔɪl /
VERB
lubricate
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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An oil tanker is upended in a lake, leaving a slick in the previously pristine water.

From BBC

Neither investors nor industry can get enough of the precious metal, while a glut of oil has swamped energy markets and depressed fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

That has included additional sanctions designed to economically cripple the country and dry up its oil revenues from sales on the global market.

From Barron's

Several times a month, tankers unload tens of thousands of barrels of oil products at a Turkish storage terminal in the port city of Mersin.

From The Wall Street Journal

While prospectors have long proposed mining the ocean floor, much like oil companies drill offshore, such efforts have come to nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal