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drill

[dril] / drɪl /






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It pays the miners to leave and spends the savings on a bigger drill.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins will also drill down into the key results as they come in.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Margaret confronts the principal and tells him that Carrie was rattled by the drill and that the whole exercise is traumatizing to students.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

“When you drill dry holes, they all hurt,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Your rifles had better be clean,” Ellsberg’s drill sergeant told the men, “because Dien Bien Phu just fell.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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