Sentence examples for fighting oil fires from inspiring English sources

It was given to Halliburton out of convenience, because it had developed the plan for fighting oil fires (all, by this time, extinguished).

One off-season, the Oilers obtained a job for him working with Red Adair, who was internationally known for fighting oil well fires.

Those good old boys would have been Boots Hansen and Coots Matthews, who worked with the celebrated oilfield firefighter Red Adair, then started their own company, Boots & Coots, to become legends themselves in the business of fighting oil well fires.

What she doesn't know is that he's risking his life every day by fighting oil well fires set ablaze by Islamic State fighters as they fled Qayyarah, about 40 miles south of Mosul.

What she doesn't know is that he's risking his life every day by fighting oil well fires set ablaze by Islamic State fighters as they fled Qayyarah, 60km south of Mosul.

Again, we're fighting oil with oil.

I was literally fighting fire with fire.

A singularly successful case of fighting fire with fire.

Activists behind the movement are fighting fire with fire.

"We're fighting fire with fire," Mr. Lynn said.

He calls this adjustment "fighting fire with fire".