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crude

[krood] / krud /




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The resulting delays have driven up crude prices, spilling over into fuel costs and airfare.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

“While tighter global crude supplies remain, the fear of tighter for longer is continuing to be taken out of the price curves.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Under normal circumstances, oil prices could have risen “substantially,” given the scale of the disruption, including the closure of the strait, constrained Iranian crude supply and declining global inventories, Innes said.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Brent crude prices for August delivery, the global benchmark, were last marked 1.9% lower on the session and hovering close to the $90 a barrel mark, the lowest since early March.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

His legs had united into a single crude tail.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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