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

For Anderson’s 2007 mad epic, he walked ranches around Marfa, Texas, before deciding on the knoll where the 90-foot oil derrick would go.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Perhaps a rotting oil derrick, it could well be at the bottom of a poisoned sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

At the end of the wharf, under the derrick used for unloading the largest ships, he stripped off his clothes and dove into the water.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes