drilling

Example Sentences

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“Thus we expect to see more newsflow around the drilling results and no doubt we will see another significant uplift” in coming ore-reserve and mineral-resource estimates, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

To go faster and deeper will require advances in drilling technologies.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

As a lifeguard lieutenant and later a chief, Ms. Fash was hard on her crew, drilling them constantly and patrolling her section of the beach to ensure that their eyes remained squarely on the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

She noted that in addition to oil drilling, L.A. residents continue to face other environmental hazards, such as the recent oil pipeline rupture that sent crude into the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Grandpa Tweedy had been drilling me on the catechism all my life.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns