barrel

Example Sentences

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Benchmarked oil prices were down 12% in late trading, below $97 a barrel.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Before the war the global price was close to $65 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Without a resolution, the current crisis threatened to send oil prices rocketing as high as $167 a barrel by October and to add nearly 1.5 percentage points to the inflation rate, the Dallas Fed added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Brent crude fell 13% to $94.75 a barrel.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

He felt like a castaway clinging to a barrel in a stormy ocean.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis