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drilling

[dril-ing] / ˈdrɪl ɪŋ /
















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The municipality wasn’t saying, “We want you to stop drilling for oil, or get rid of gas powered vehicles.”

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

Any analysis that requires drilling or removing part of a specimen permanently alters an object that cannot be replaced.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Since the start of the war, drilling contracts at these companies have picked up.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The judge ordered the companies to "refrain from initiating, pursuing, carrying out or having carried out any material actions" that would involve drilling, installing infrastructure or extracting hydrocarbons, according to a ruling seen by AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

This had been his first job as the top man on a rig, and he’d hit oil in the first week of drilling.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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