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

After serving on a Navy oiler in the Atlantic briefly, he acted on a longstanding desire to be a flier and obtained a transfer to flight training with the Marines.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2022

It is accompanied by the Luyang-class Type 052D destroyer Chengdu and the Type 903 oiler Dongpinghu, the paper said, citing Japan’s Defense Ministry.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2022

These were oiler, flatter and a great deal chewier.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2020

“Your Royal Highness—” “Do you oiler me freedom?”

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