derrick
Example Sentences
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But what lies ahead might be far worse for the 17,000 residents living amid the oil derricks and cattle farms on the western edge of the state’s Central Valley.
From Washington Post
It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons."
From Salon
Downtown features the Oilworker Monument, a towering bronze statue of a derrick and a roustabout wielding a wrench.
From New York Times
Rose’s “Iron and Steel,” at Washington Printmakers Gallery, portrays mostly metal structures, including bridges, fire escapes and oil derricks.
From Washington Post
And they’ve long been told that temperatures will keep rising for decades to come, no matter how many solar panels replace oil derricks or how many meat-eaters go vegetarian.
From Washington Post
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