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While the flow of crude oil is nearly back to pre-war levels the price remains above $100 a barrel, and sustained high oil prices have had a knock-on effect for diesel and gasoline.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied to as high as $105.88 a barrel before retreating to $104.28.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.5% lower at $91.06 a barrel, while Brent is 0.5% lower at $103.78 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose around 5% to more than $105 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And Mother, who obeyed all her instincts and scrambled up the barrel to save them.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

The Treasury Department sanctioned 17 vessels it said were part of Iran’s remaining shadow fleet and had transported millions of barrels of Iranian crude, petroleum and petrochemical products to markets in South and East Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Gulf Coast diesel exports averaging 1.4 million barrels a day so far this week, down from 2.1 million barrels a day the previous week, S&P said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Crude oil imports rose by 1.1 million barrels a day to 6.8 million barrels a day, and exports increased by 1.2 million barrels a day to 4.8 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Birol said IEA member countries still have significant levels of publicly held emergency oil stocks –- equivalent to around 1.1 billion barrels, including over 200 million barrels of diesel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was cluttered with a random assortment of boxes and barrels and bags: things he had taken from travelers, probably.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The eye of the storm barreled over the peninsular fishing village of Las Barrancas, which was largely unreachable after a swollen river caused a highway bridge to collapse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

In 2022 an single-engine Cessna emergency landed on the Metrolink tracks near San Fernando and Osborne streets; police had to quickly extract the pilot as a Metrolink train barreled toward the wreckage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Perrotin shouted late Tuesday as he barreled into his gallery’s late-night garden party for the artist at Venice’s Hotel Metropole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

Lexie turned to go, but Izzy barreled ahead.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Fraser Dingwall capitalised on a superb Saints attack to score the second try within six minutes before Tom Dunn barrelled over to reduce the deficit just moments later.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

Red-hot teenager Iva Jovic barrelled into her first Grand Slam quarter-final for the loss of just one game on Sunday to set up a blockbuster Australian Open clash with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 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

A dozen centaurs barrelled through the ranks, yelling and waving their clubs, followed by a horde of two-headed men banging on trash-can lids.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“It’s clear from experience with Waymo that these autonomous vehicles can’t deal with unanticipated circumstances, so we are certainly cautioning about the dangers of 26,000 pounds barreling down the highways at 65 miles per hour.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

Four days later, he sent Argentina barreling toward defeat in the World Cup final against Spain by being ejected moments before extra time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Facing the smallest country ever to reach the World Cup’s knockout rounds, Argentina found itself in the shocking position of a 2-2 score line deep into extra time, barreling toward a penalty shootout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Within seconds he saw two bright lights barreling out of the dark.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

Some rushing made sense — deadlines, the Red Line train barrelling toward the platform — but other times, it was just habit.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

A powerful winter storm has left five people dead and rivers dangerously swollen after barrelling through the eastern US.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

The walls shifted and Leo saw her barrelling towards them in her chariot.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan