Pet.E.

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abbreviation

Petroleum Engineer.

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Words nearby Pet.E.

Some, like Pete, who McKell has become quite close with, have migrated to and from other types of nomadic communities.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pete stuck his thumb out at the age of 17 and hitch hiked out of Birmingham, England.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She has been married to the music critic Pete Paphides (“the loveliest man who ever lived”) since 1999.
Join Caitlin Moran’s Riotous Feminist Revolution|Lizzie Crocker|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two-Gun Pete, who was a black cop, was shooting teenagers in front of the Walgreens every weekend, like entertainment.
Quincy Jones Talks Chicago’s Mean Streets, Why Kanye West Is No Michael Jackson, and Bieber|Marlow Stern|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Somewhere, somehow, the author Pete Dexter forgot how to have fun.
The Stacks: Pete Dexter on What It’s Like to Lose the Knack of Having Fun|Pete Dexter|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pete, after spewing the last hateful molecule away, reversed his tiny fibre engines, and began to draw in.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
Pete Senior, had he tried to dig his plant up, would have been very much surprised to find he could not do it.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
Then they all had coffee and cake, shook hands with Pete Senior, and went to their homes and laboratories.
Old Friends Are the Best|Jack Sharkey
"Lift Pete's forefoot—the off one, Joe," she commanded, stepping down into the asphalt court.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Pete seen you yesterday over on Dewey, and Pete he heard the big hills and the woods a singin' when you talked.
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright

Pete

Also, Peter. See for one's (Pete's) sake; honest to god (Pete); rob Peter to pay Paul.