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

The annual event sees selected town residents taking turns to run through the streets carrying burning wooden firkins in an "ancient rite of passage", Andrew Wade, president of the Tar Barrels Committee, said.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

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

“No, we can waste the milk. Barrels would get in the way. We just need to relieve the pressure.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull