barrel

Example Sentences

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Consulting firm Eurasia Group expects prices to stay above $80 a barrel this year, even if hostilities end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Tehran is expected to ask for one dollar per barrel of oil passing through the strait, to be paid in cryptocurrencies, according to the Financial Times.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Without a resolution, the current crisis threatened to send oil prices rocketing as high as $167 a barrel by October and to add nearly 1.5 percentage points to the inflation rate, the Dallas Fed added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and Asia markets and U.S. stock futures jumped after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a 2-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I see it coming—I’m looking straight down the barrel after all—but fast reflexes clearly aren’t my thing.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell