barrel
Example Sentences
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The global benchmark for oil is a contract to buy a barrel of Brent crude one month in the future.
From BBC
He said the airline has gamed out the possibility that oil prices jump to $175 a barrel.
Crude was still trading well above $100 a barrel, however, and market watchers said any US ground operation or wider Iranian retaliation could send prices to levels not seen for almost two decades.
From Barron's
Both main oil contracts fell almost one percent Tuesday but were both still well above $100 a barrel.
From Barron's
But 14 years later, the league is barreling toward another potential lockout with its game officials.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
