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Front-month WTI crude oil futures are flat at $82.39 per barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 0.2% higher at $88.72 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Six months ago, any one of those factors would have sent oil prices back above $100 a barrel.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

The spread between the cost of producing a barrel of gasoline and the cost of the crude oil needed to produce it — known among traders as the “crack spread” — has widened sharply.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

International oil prices have oscillated under $90 a barrel in recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Strange smells wafted in the air around them as the Witchlings peered around the brick building and saw Mr. Dimblewit pulling something from a barrel.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Rosebank is estimated to contain the equivalent of up to 300 million barrels of oil and at its peak will produce approximately 69,000 barrels a day.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rose by 17.4 million barrels to end the week to Aug. 7 at 424.4 million barrels.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, the Department of Energy announced Monday that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 6.1 million barrels to just under 300 million barrels last week.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

With production at Platform Gilda dwindling to 1,100 barrels per day, staff said the rig would also run its course if it weren’t for fracking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Concealed partly by the raised barrels and their concrete emplacements, partly by my tilted umbrella, I kept hidden, but still managed a good look.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The host country opened two 180-second windows for fans to fuel up, and they’ve barreled right through them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

“Overall, I thought we had some good at-bats and barreled up some balls,” Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker said after a 4-1 loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Eastern time Sunday as a winter storm barreled across the Midwest.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

She was cut off when a giant inflatable baby barreled into them.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2025

I trailed along behind her as she barreled straight to the patient’s house, on a mission.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Police are investigating a dramatic crash Tuesday where an SUV drove onto the sidewalk and barrelled into a vendor in downtown Los Angeles’ flower district, injuring six people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

The American had the crowd on his side but Zverev's serve was unrelenting and he barrelled into a 5-1 lead in the third set.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Will Smith barrelled up a splitter Gausman left just high enough to trade places with Edman on an RBI double to left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

Then, concealing the short barrelled weapon under his army coat, he flagged down the payroll Land Rover and asked for a lift back to the barracks.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025

As the dog-headed men barrelled forward, Nico raised his sword.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

You don’t need to be rich to burn the road behind you to the point of no return, just confident enough to keep barreling forward.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

A GMC truck slammed into a Mercedes SUV that was waiting for a parking spot along Venice Boulevard and then came barreling toward Stannard and Sadie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Postal Service is again barreling toward insolvency, and on Friday it reported a $2 billion quarterly loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The virtual reality therapist ‘Xaia’ is an example of how AI technology is barreling its way into the burgeoning digital health sector.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

It was quiet when Jack-Jack came barreling toward Luke, arms out like a glider.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

And so, on we go, barrelling toward the next general election, which must take place by 2029 but will likely be sooner.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

A dramatic qualifying session, on a brand new track which features drivers barrelling down the famous Strip, came a day after scenes Formula 1 could ill afford.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023

Some 80 surfers could work different waves simultaneously: barrelling waves, big waves, kid-friendly waves, Knieriem said.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

It followed a looping path rarely recorded by meteorologists, hitting Madagascar and Mozambique for the first time at the end of February, and then again in March before barrelling into Malawi.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

The barking dog he’d heard before got louder, and suddenly a white blur came barrelling through the snow.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick