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oil

verb as in lubricate

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Its PIF has hundreds of billions in assets due to its oil wealth, and it is controlled by the country's prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose government has been accused of human rights violations.

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"Our voice, the voice that's always fought for them is getting drowned out by the carnival of charlatans and the circus of snake oil salesmen."

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The food bank manager said he sympathised with government and described changing the system as an "oil tanker moment" that would be a "long-term project".

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He put down peppermint oil and rat poison and so far they haven't returned.

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There have since been reports of police investigating drone activities around Denmark's oil and gas platforms in the North Sea, and near the central port of Korsor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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