prewar

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Across the Gulf, around half of oil fields have high enough pressure to return to prewar production rates within two weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Navy controlling traffic through the Gulf of Oman, and with no talks scheduled, it remains anyone’s guess as to when flows will return to prewar levels.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

But he does see a pathway for oil flows out of the Persian Gulf to return to prewar levels in the next few months.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes are both at all-time highs, worries about lasting damage to Middle East energy infrastructure have kept longer-dated oil futures well above their prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In mid-July the Soviet Red Army had reached the prewar Polish border.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson