barrel
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At about $70 a barrel, prices are now near levels seen before the Iran conflict.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Crude oil WTI rose 2.2% to $70.75 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
But the price of oil has dropped roughly $40 per barrel since then, and the 10-year Treasury yield is down by more than 30 basis points.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
“It is natural to expect there to be additional risk priced into each barrel of oil, into the insurance people are paying, just because of the volatility and uncertainty of where we are.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
I jumping-jacked to the chip barrel and tossed a handful onto the embers.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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