barrel
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Benchmark U.S. crude, meanwhile, has dropped to around $90 a barrel from $119 in March.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Brent for December delivery was around $97.60 a barrel -- the November contract closed at more than $103 -- while West Texas Intermediate was hovering below $90.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
December Brent crude futures gained 0.5% to $98.56 a barrel on Thursday, while West Texas Intermediate futures were up 0.4% to $88.70 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Brent crude November contract, which expires on Wednesday, was up 0.5% at $103.05 a barrel, while the more active December contract rose 1.5% to $97.64 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Anya squeezed him, arms barely fitting around his barrel chest.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
The energy consulting firm expects capacity to slide to 17.45 million barrels a day this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The industry’s capacity peaked in 2017 at 18.6 million barrels a day and dropped to 17.6 million barrels a day in 2025, according to Turner, Mason & Co. in Dallas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Gasoline stocks were seen rising 300,000 barrels in the Journal survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Despite the challenges, Maurel & Prom expects to close the year with an output of 23,000 barrels per day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
His shop was a flurry of good smells—jars, barrels, small mountains of spicy scent.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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The eye of the storm barreled over the peninsular fishing village of Las Barrancas, which was largely unreachable after a swollen river caused a highway bridge to collapse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The cast reunited one last time for a homage to the opening of the first “Jackass” movie in which the dudes barreled down a hill in an oversize, runaway shopping cart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
She said she grabbed her 5-year-old, Zachary, pulling him to safety as the SUV driven by Erickson barreled through the marked crosswalk on Triunfo Canyon Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Eastern time Sunday as a winter storm barreled across the Midwest.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Excuse me, pardon me, excuse me,” Finn said, as he barreled through the throngs of people, thousands of people, more people than he’d ever seen at the fair, or anywhere in his life.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Police are investigating a dramatic crash Tuesday where an SUV drove onto the sidewalk and barrelled into a vendor in downtown Los Angeles’ flower district, injuring six people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Red-hot teenager Iva Jovic barrelled into her first Grand Slam quarter-final for the loss of just one game on Sunday to set up a blockbuster Australian Open clash with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
The fierce winds and storm surge that barrelled through here have decimated nearly everything, leaving roads unusable and a trail of destruction that has them increasingly desperate and isolated with no electricity or running water.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Will Smith barrelled up a splitter Gausman left just high enough to trade places with Edman on an RBI double to left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
A dozen centaurs barrelled through the ranks, yelling and waving their clubs, followed by a horde of two-headed men banging on trash-can lids.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Birds got so comfortable and familiar with the plant that many would wait for doors around the facility to open before barreling inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
You don’t need to be rich to burn the road behind you to the point of no return, just confident enough to keep barreling forward.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
A GMC truck slammed into a Mercedes SUV that was waiting for a parking spot along Venice Boulevard and then came barreling toward Stannard and Sadie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Unsurprisingly, TFA crushed the competition that fall, going 9-1 and barreling toward a state title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Then one afternoon at the end of 1941, their cousin Fred Garret came barreling down the dirt road beside their field.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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And so, on we go, barrelling toward the next general election, which must take place by 2029 but will likely be sooner.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s not enough to come barrelling into a conversation with a long-winded explanation of your personal dogma; you must also confidently push the value of those ideas, too.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Hurricane Idalia is barrelling towards Florida and forecasters warn it is extremely dangerous.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023
Some 80 surfers could work different waves simultaneously: barrelling waves, big waves, kid-friendly waves, Knieriem said.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023
The barking dog he’d heard before got louder, and suddenly a white blur came barrelling through the snow.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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