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Word: oilless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...were only 2.6 billion bbl. against 5.15 billion in 1934-36. In 1928-30, when east Texas came in, the figure topped 10 billion. Demand, meanwhile, rose from 2.9 billion in 1928-30 to 4.3 billion in 1938-40. The lines are going in opposite directions, are leaving an oilless gap which may some day burn out the gears of U.S. industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Wildcatters Wanted | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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