roughneck

Example Sentences

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He is also the only listed writer for every episode of both seasons of the hit series “Landman” about Texas roughnecks and oil wildcatters.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Dropped rigs affects the broader oilfield service business and pipelines as the consolidation means less equipment rentals, fewer roughnecks and customers to compete for their business.

From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2023

But De Hoyos isn’t in the Permian to hire engineers for gas rigs or roughnecks to join drilling crews.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Bobby Western is a salvage diver, a one-time physics graduate student who hangs out in dive bars with philosophically inclined roughnecks and thieves.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022

People in the crowd, mostly the white men at the tables full of roughnecks, are nodding and murmuring in assent.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland