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frack

American  
[frak] / ˈfræk /

verb

  1. to engage in hydraulic fracturing of (underground rock, or an area containing it) in order to extract natural gas or oil.


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This year it anticipates it will need only six rigs and two frack crews to produce about 67% more oil-and-gas in the region than seven years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

He encouraged the “WordPress community to vote with your wallet,” and not give it to a company that’s “going to frack every bit of value out of it until it withers?”

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2024

Some threw money in front of the commissioners and shouted them out of the state meeting, while others sang protest songs in and chanted “Don’t frack our futures,” and “Shame.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

“We’re absolutely going to frack, but I disagree with Nikki Haley,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Frickin’ frack, did Rae really say that aloud?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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