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After months of drilling, they finally hit black gold.
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Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
One of the products of the economy that black gold built is the city of Port Arthur, Texas.
Wired, 29 July 2022
Despite a recent push towards green energy, America still runs on black gold.
Will Daniel, Fortune, 7 July 2022
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Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
One of the products of the economy that black gold built is the city of Port Arthur, Texas.
Wired, 29 July 2022
Despite a recent push towards green energy, America still runs on black gold.
Will Daniel, Fortune, 7 July 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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“Black gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20gold. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.
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