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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or carried on in waters of a relatively great depth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having waters of great depth.
- adjective carried on in waters of great depth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a great
depth of water - adjective Carried out at great depth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or carried on in waters of great depth
- noun serious trouble
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Examples
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Associated Press Exxon Mobil unveiled two major oil discoveries and a natural-gas find in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico that combined could contain more than 700 million barrels of recoverable oil and gas resources.
Exxon Unveils Big Finds in Gulf Angel Gonzalez 2011
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After the BP PLC-owned well blowout last year, the federal government declared a moratorium on new deep-water drilling permits.
Exxon Find Rekindles Domestic Oil Hunt Russell Gold 2011
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But after enthusiasm for deep-water exploration was tested last year by the BP spill, the industry has had to convince regulators and the public that such drilling can be done safely—a theme repeated by Exxon on Wednesday.
Exxon Find Rekindles Domestic Oil Hunt Russell Gold 2011
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Exxon unveiled two major oil discoveries and a natural-gas find in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico that combined could contain more than 700 million barrels of recoverable oil and gas resources.
What's News 2011
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Exxon unveiled two major oil discoveries and a natural-gas find in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico that it said rank among the largest in the Gulf in the past decade.
Exxon Unveils Big Finds in Gulf Angel Gonzalez 2011
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Transocean, the world's biggest deep-water driller, was also the owner of the Deepwater Horizon, the rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last year, killing 11 workers and setting off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Transocean Clears Oil Rig Off Ghana Ben Casselman 2011
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Transocean Ltd. evacuated more than 100 workers from a deep-water drilling rig off the coast of West Africa Wednesday after it began taking on water.
Transocean Clears Oil Rig Off Ghana Ben Casselman 2011
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The company provided BP with casing components for its doomed deep-water well.
BP, Weatherford Reach Settlement Drew FitzGerald 2011
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Transocean evacuated more than 100 workers from a deep-water drilling rig off the coast of West Africa after it began taking on water.
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Exxon unveiled two major oil discoveries and a natural-gas find in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico that it said rank among the largest in the Gulf in the past decade.
What's News— 2011
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