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Oil City

American  

noun

  1. a city in NW Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River.


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In 2009 the documentary film-maker Julian Temple made Oil City Confidential, a profile of Johnson and the Feelgoods.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022

Lummis claimed that "it was never my intention to make anyone feel un-welcomed or disrespected," reported Oil City News.

From Salon • May 17, 2022

Edwards told a Baton Rouge civic club he would veto a measure by Rep. Danny McCormick, an Oil City Republican, according to news outlets.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022

How in 1902, in a game where Jay Clarke hit eight home runs, the Corsicana Oil City Oilers beat the Texarkana Casketmakers 51-3.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021

A railway company has, however, made a beginning in this direction; and it is promised that in another year the traveller may proceed from Schaeffer's to Oil City by rail.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

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