drill bit
Americannoun
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drill bits
plural
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On May 1, engineers made another attempt using a combination of steeper drill angles, drill rotation, vibration, and spinning of the drill bit.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
The motors that drive the drill bit through the rock burned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
On Wednesday night, new equipment - a powerful horizontal drill with an augur or drill bit - was flown in by military aircraft in three parts and assembled at the accident site.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
Their dispute was not about the facts, but about the law and the appropriate legal outcome: who should be responsible for the costs of repairing the drill bit, and why.
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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