barrels

Example Sentences

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Barrels are popping up in unexpected places as refiners seek outlets to funnel barrels to international markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Among the Christo works were "Wrapped Oil Barrels", created between 1958–61 shortly after the artist fled communist Bulgaria for Paris.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

New modes can bring challenges, and Phillipe at Red Barrels says adding multiplayer to the team's latest, The Outlast Trials, has shown him there's "more chaos, more adrenaline, and it's more stressful", for players.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023

Barrels of life-saving water that a human rights group had strategically placed for wayward migrants traveling on foot had vanished.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling