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And, on the other side of the oil fields, Cooper (Jacob Lofland) continues his own quest to make a name for himself, talking a fellow oilman out of investing in solar power in favor of working with him.
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
What is the Getty Villa? Billionaire oilman and art patron J. Paul Getty opened the Getty Villa to the public in 1974, according to the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy and the museum's website.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
On his East Texas ranch, Clint Murchison, Jr., the oilman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys, plants ten thousand strawberry plants and ten thousand pine seedlings.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
They are typically set in predominantly male worlds with traditionally masculine archetypes at the center: cowboys, ranchers, intelligence operatives, mobsters, fixers, oilmen.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
What is the Getty Villa? Billionaire oilman and art patron J. Paul Getty opened the Getty Villa to the public in 1974, according to the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy and the museum's website.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
On his East Texas ranch, Clint Murchison, Jr., the oilman and founder of the Dallas Cowboys, plants ten thousand strawberry plants and ten thousand pine seedlings.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
They are typically set in predominantly male worlds with traditionally masculine archetypes at the center: cowboys, ranchers, intelligence operatives, mobsters, fixers, oilmen.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Oilman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oilman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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