drill
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The nearby Jefferson drill site, which Redeemer Community Partnership also organized against, elected to shut down in 2018 after the city ordered it to implement stronger health protections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Analyst Tim Elder views Amplitude’s plan to drill the Nestor prospect as a sound decision because it makes best use of the available Transocean Equinox rig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Every investor knows the drill: When markets buckle, buy gold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
"And this is how they raise people in the North... They drill into them that they must die," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
When the drill sergeants yelled at us for not doing a better job spit-polishing our shoes, I said to myself, "Well, I won't be shot for that."
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing drill
Gold Rush: Mining and Metals
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Unit 2, Week 2
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