barrel
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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