Oildale
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Among them was a man in Oildale, California, in oil-rich Kern County, who said a petitioner told him drilling near neighborhoods has no effect on human health.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The earthquake occurred nine miles from Rosedale, 10 miles from Shafter, 18 miles from Wasco and 20 miles from Oildale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Growing up in the 1950s, author Gerald Haslam developed what he called a perverse pride in a taunt hurled at the people of his hardscrabble Central Valley town: Oildale Okies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Haslam, his wife, his kids, and, often, a large dog, would pile into the family station wagon several times a year and drive more than 300 miles from Penngrove to Oildale, Russell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Chris Vaughn was wiping shaving cream off the tops of an older man’s ears when I arrived at his Oildale barbershop on Wednesday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
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