wellhead

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Recent Examples of wellhead But those benefits may come at a cost for thousands of students in New Mexico whose schools sit near pipelines, wellheads and flare stacks. Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025 The small business has been documenting the preservation process on their Instagram, most recently with this cast stone wellhead that was recovered from the actor's former estate, as well as these steel bay casement windows. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 27 May 2025 Companies like the one Gonzalez worked for offered $10,000 per week to contract drivers who brought sand from the new mines spreading across old ranches to the wellheads. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Mar. 2025 This argument is weakened by the lucrative nature of the Permian industry, where in 1921 the equivalent oil and gas revenue at the wellhead was $24 billion per year—assuredly an underestimate of the situation in 2025. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wellhead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wellhead
Noun
  • Kīlauea on Hawaii resumed erupting on Tuesday, shooting lava fountains up to 500 feet into the air for over 13 hours.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t miss neighboring Champ de Mars’s playgrounds, pedal cars, and antique carousel, or the grand fountains and sweeping tower views of the Trocadéro gardens across the Seine.
    Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The centerpiece of its design is a cardinal, and living in the South, many of us have watched the trees for these beloved birds as an early sign of spring each year (especially for those in Virginia spotting their state bird).
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Hope in Dave Canales, the second-year head coach whose optimism-springs-eternal approach has this team feeling connected.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gas escapes as wells are drilled and before infrastructure is in place to capture it.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Each faction has a deep well of lore and, crucially, a distinct playstyle on the battlefield.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That wasn’t quite right (though ARABESQUE is a font, actually).
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Those who defended them said basically the same thing, but in a different font.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Wellhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellhead. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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