black gold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black gold
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Jackets also had their place on the runway in shades of black, gold, and silver.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Plentiful reserves tend to promise great riches, hence crude has been labelled "black gold".
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
“I could never dress like this in Veracruz, where I live now,” said Ximena Ximénez, 27, who returned to Juchitán for the vela and wore a black, gold and white garment with a matching headpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Ms. Kelly, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday that the new design, which was black, gold and midnight blue, would be pulled and that the state’s voters would help choose the next design.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
And Bill was sure that all three deaths were connected—somehow—to the Osage’s subterranean reservoir of black gold.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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