wellhead

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Recent Examples of wellhead The surface technologies segment designs, manufactures and services equipment for land and shallow-water exploration and production, including wellheads and intervention systems. Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2026 Natural gas production can be interrupted when gas freezes at the wellhead in subfreezing temperatures if appropriate safeguards are not implemented. Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 The crop has been planted around certain wellheads in Minnesota to evaluate if the crop could reduce the concentration of nitrate in drinking water. Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 6 Jan. 2026 Gauges at wellheads tell the local stories, just like the carbon dioxide detector atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa has told the global story since 1958. Allen Best, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wellhead
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Noun
  • At full operating temperature, the pump mechanism can be reversed, converting the fountain from a cascading display into a multidirectional Pompeii situation.
    Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
  • And here’s hoping for some more plants and an additional fountain or two.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Shannon Heupel, Montgomery Advertiser Arkansas Hot Springs Hot Springs is known for its natural thermal springs, which produce more than a million gallons of hot water daily and have drawn visitors for centuries.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • The Kansas City Chiefs opened a pair of voluntary OTA practices to the media this spring, giving the first glimpses of the 2026 roster as the team prepares for training camp.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • In the 21st century, Carson remains a cultural touchstone, not only spurring generations of people in the global environmental movement but also inspiring a deep well of nature writing and thinking as a result of her works on the sea.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Danby doesn’t expect to go back to the well on the video board, though.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • The book switches between fonts, is interrupted with text boxes holding seemingly random information, is loaded down with footnotes, and includes paragraphs and columns of text that are upside down, reversed, or running vertically across the page.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • The book is not quite a novel and not quite nonfiction, but rather an amalgamation of stories that come from both real history and Yamashita’s imagination, playing with fonts and typesetting and incorporating oral history and occasional verse.
    Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

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“Wellhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wellhead. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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