Oildale
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The church on Oildale Drive and Minner Avenue has stood on the corner since 1954, built after an earthquake damaged the Oildale Church of Christ’s building.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
Oildale, an unincorporated town north of Bakersfield, borders the Kern River Oil Field, one of the largest active oil fields in California.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
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 16 miles from Lamont, Calif., 16 miles from Arvin, 21 miles from Rosedale and 24 miles from Oildale.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2021
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
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