derrick
Example Sentences
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A giant wooden oil derrick serves as a central landmark in Taft, which finances its schools, fire department and police force with oil revenues.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
First cranes, then the drilling derrick and finally the accommodation modules fell into the sea.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
In Mid-Wilshire, an oil derrick is camouflaged as a nondescript office building.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons."
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022
It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
