drill down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
To drill down into why retail coffee prices have risen—and keep going up—The Wall Street Journal took a deep dive into Reverie Roasters’ expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
I want to drill down on a legal piece of this laid out in a piece by professor David Pozen of Columbia Law School in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2025
The next stage will allow the federal agency to drill down deeper by moving the testing to bulk tanks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
My arm reaches out to drill down into the ground to collect a rock sample.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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