Examples of oilman in a Sentence
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Finley arranges to sell the A’s for $12 million to Colorado oilman Marvin Davis, who would move the team to Denver.
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Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
It was designed by architect Victor Marr Curtis and built in the late 1920s for local oilman John E. Farrell who lived there until his 1946 death.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
But there has been little action to regulate the industry in ways that could hit the bottom line of the state’s petroleum companies and oilmen like Remnant’s Gray, Stitzel and Gilmore.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
The home, known as Westover Manor, was later owned by another local oilman, the late Clarence Brodie Hyde II, and property records show the 1.13-acre estate last changed hands in 2015 when it was acquired for an undisclosed amount by a local hedge fund executive.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2024
White cattle ranchers, oilmen, fortune-seekers, and assorted ne’er-do-wells flocked to the Osage oil towns in search of employment.
—David Klion, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2023
The 11-story building was constructed by the family of Longview oilman Rogers Lacy.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
The Texas oilman burned his castmates' socks, dumped out their water and lied about losing his dog in Hurricane Katrina.
—Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
It was designed by architect Victor Marr Curtis and built in the late 1920s for local oilman John E. Farrell who lived there until his 1946 death.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
But there has been little action to regulate the industry in ways that could hit the bottom line of the state’s petroleum companies and oilmen like Remnant’s Gray, Stitzel and Gilmore.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
The home, known as Westover Manor, was later owned by another local oilman, the late Clarence Brodie Hyde II, and property records show the 1.13-acre estate last changed hands in 2015 when it was acquired for an undisclosed amount by a local hedge fund executive.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2024
White cattle ranchers, oilmen, fortune-seekers, and assorted ne’er-do-wells flocked to the Osage oil towns in search of employment.
—David Klion, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2023
The 11-story building was constructed by the family of Longview oilman Rogers Lacy.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
The Texas oilman burned his castmates' socks, dumped out their water and lied about losing his dog in Hurricane Katrina.
—Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Oilman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oilman. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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