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There is just so much comedy and lightheartedness in those characters that really bring something to the show that has men getting crushed by pipes or burnt at an oil well.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
The United States is facing an orphan and uncapped oil well crisis.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Uncapped wells are oil wells open to the elements and can potentially leak methane, contaminate groundwater, and threaten public health.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
As a child, Valdivia spent time at the home of a baby-sitter that was directly beside an active oil well.
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Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
oil well
noun
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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