drilled
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Despite being drilled 23 years apart, the samples revealed strikingly similar patterns of oxygen isotopes, which scientists use to reconstruct past environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki in southwestern Finland, the geological repository will house spent nuclear fuel in holes drilled into the bedrock, where it will remain harmfully radioactive for thousands of years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Analysts say significant gas production has also been curtailed this year and many wells have been drilled but not yet connected to pipelines, especially in Appalachia, where prices have been depressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Hurzeler has drilled his Brighton side to play with high intensity, both on and off the ball.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Croker’s dæmon, a green woodpecker, drilled vigorously into a waste piece of pine with a sound like a machine gun.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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