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[bar-uhl] / ˈbær əl /


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Brent crude oil rose to settle near $91.00 per barrel overnight, which stoked fresh inflation worries, the team adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.5% higher at $84.92 per barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures were last 0.8% lower at $81.77 a barrel and front-month Brent crude oil futures were 0.1% lower at $88.44 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

That could see oil futures fall within a band between $65 a barrel and $80 a barrel, the analysts noted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

As she flailed, several strong arms reached into the barrel to help.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

The IEA now forecasts that demand will drop by 1.6 million barrels a day in 2026.

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

Earlier that month, Seeker 8 had received two million barrels of Iranian crude from another vessel, which had picked up its cargo at Iran’s Kharg Island in December, according to Kpler.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

When the tide comes in, the big steel barrels will float up and lift the boat.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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

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

From Barron's Mar. 15, 2026

On one run in the third quarter, Hernando barreled to the ground after a 10-yard gain — writhing in pain , forcing an injury timeout.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2025

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

From Slate Oct. 19, 2025

His dad barreled into the kitchen and scooped his mom into his arms.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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 incident came as a dangerous winter storm barrelled across a large swathe of the US, killing several people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

From BBC Jan. 26, 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

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

Convoys of heavy-duty trucks barreling across the Arabian desert have become an escape valve for the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

But 14 years later, the league is barreling toward another potential lockout with its game officials.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Scrambling and crawling and pushing, twisting away anytime someone tried to latch on to his limbs or clothes, he moved forward, barreling through the crowd of people.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

It’s not enough to come barrelling into a conversation with a long-winded explanation of your personal dogma; you must also confidently push the value of those ideas, too.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2026

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

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick




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