oiler

Example Sentences

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The memo calls for Navy Secretary John Phelan to select a new name for the fleet oiler.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

In April 1908, a defective steam pipe burst at the plant, hurling two Georges — George Tucker, chief engineer, and George Love, oiler — 25 feet to the concrete floor below.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler ship designed to carry fuel to the Navy’s operating carrier strike groups, the Navy said.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

These were oiler, flatter and a great deal chewier.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2020

He said, “I come to oiler my respects.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson