oil

Example Sentences

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So despite the transparency of global inventories of oil and their transit, much of China’s industry is “troublingly opaque,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

That’s rare in the oil and gas sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Becerra said he continually took on oil companies when he served as California’s attorney general.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Yet he notes on his Substack that the global economy seems to be humming along, meaning China is probably drawing more than expected from its own oil reserves.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

I read in the newspaper that Mr. Thomas Edison of New Jersey has invented a lamp that runs on electricity instead of oil.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman