derrick
Example Sentences
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Perhaps a rotting oil derrick, it could well be at the bottom of a poisoned sea.
From Los Angeles Times
This is the first and last time they will appear this carefree, dancing against a wide-open landscape that will soon be dotted with oil derricks, looming emblems of America’s industrial and capitalist boom.
From Los Angeles Times
In Echo Park, the area surrounding Vista Hermosa Park, once a sprawling assemblage of oil derricks, has drastically changed over the last century.
From Los Angeles Times
Offshore wind advocates point out that oil derricks are also threatened by hurricanes, and most of the nation’s wind projects have so far held up to powerful storms.
From Washington Times
Among them is Nova, who, as a child, watched her father get crushed by an oil derrick.
From New York Times
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