drill bit
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A last-minute switch to a drill bit typically used for rock allowed the team to complete the final 390 feet and reach the underlying material just before their equipment was scheduled to be removed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
The motors that drive the drill bit through the rock burned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
“You've got New Zealand, Japan and Mexico all looking, but KMT is the closest one to getting drill bit in the ground,” she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
The drill bit cracked on impact, bringing the extraction of helium-3 to an immediate halt.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
His father was a mechanical engineer who had designed or invented a new drill bit for oil drilling, a self-cleaning, self-sharpening bit.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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