hydrocarbon
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Vocabulary lists containing hydrocarbon
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The uplift comes as quarterly earnings jumped, fueled by higher oil and gas prices, soaring refining margins and higher hydrocarbon production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Rutland said it would be "at least a month" before he expected investigators to determine a cause, but responded to a suggestion circulating online that a hydrocarbon pipeline could have been hit by a munition.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, centers on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, or AHR.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
These give operators the exclusive right to explore for hydrocarbon deposits within an area of sea known as a "block."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Chlordane, another chlorinated hydrocarbon, has all these unpleasant attributes of DDT plus a few that are peculiarly its own.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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