oil rig

noun

: a structure above an oil well on land or in the sea that has special equipment attached to it for drilling and removing oil from the ground

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Ah, reminiscences of days working on an oil rig gone by! — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026 Built in 1964, the tower looks like an oil rig topped with a Tuscan campanile. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026 Some trips were unforgettable, including an hours-long battle with a shark near an offshore oil rig. — Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026 One telescope was mounted atop the roof of a Volvo station wagon; another resembled an oil rig. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oil rig

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