drilling

Example Sentences

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But Pochettino, 54, has spent months drilling a three-word phrase into his players: “Why not us?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Paramount also must win the approval of British and European regulators, who are known for drilling deeply into media matters because of their influence on society.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

“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

Other companies are also working on advanced drilling technology, such as projectiles that move several times faster than the speed of sound.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Henry was squatting elbow to elbow with a couple of oil hands at a new drilling site when a Diamond T company truck barreled into the clearing.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez