barrel
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Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose 1.9% to $97.81 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Oil prices, while below $100 a barrel, rebounded from under $90 a barrel last week amid hopes for a peace deal.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
It was there that he successfully caught a major upswing in oil, riding the price from roughly $67 a barrel to nearly $100 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The war in Iran has left airlines scrambling to find their next barrel of oil, paying through the nose to ensure they keep flying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“You’d need to drink a barrel of that water over there after you ate one of these dry crackers.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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