barrel
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Front-month Brent crude rose 1.67% to $88.52 per barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.1% lower at $81.20 per barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Goldman Sachs predicts that widespread adoption could accelerate projects, slash capital expenditure and reduce the price of a barrel of oil by up to $11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In early U.S. trading, Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, was around $89 a barrel, while the U.S. oil gauge West Texas Intermediate traded above $83 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Two boys in matching Oakview High cross-country shirts barrel past me, and I’m so jealous of them I want to scream.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
With production at Platform Gilda dwindling to 1,100 barrels per day, staff said the rig would also run its course if it weren’t for fracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“An offshore field with 15 to 20 wells might produce 150,000 barrels a day,” Robotti said, while estimating that an onshore well might produce “a thousand barrels a day if you are lucky.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Consulting firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that AI could unlock another trillion barrels of oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The International Energy Agency said earlier on Wednesday that it expects demand to decline by 1.6 million barrels a day this year, as high fuel prices weigh on consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Such problems turn real objects—heaps of grain, barrels of wine—into abstract shapes so that mathematical principles can be applied to them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“Overall, I thought we had some good at-bats and barreled up some balls,” Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker said after a 4-1 loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Eastern time Sunday as a winter storm barreled across the Midwest.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
She was cut off when a giant inflatable baby barreled into them.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2025
He’d barreled over wet cobbles past shivering farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
“It’s three miles,” Frankie said, but after the next coach barreled past, he started walking.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
It has already barrelled through the Caribbean, drenching Puerto Rico.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
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
As a highway patrol officer hit the lights and sirens, and repeatedly said “Stop, Waymo,” over a speaker, the AV kept barreling forward toward the construction vehicles and workers, Slade said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Convoys of heavy-duty trucks barreling across the Arabian desert have become an escape valve for the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Because everyone also knows Antetokounmpo is at his best when he’s barreling toward the rim with the ball in his hands — during which time Doncic is going to be doing what?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
He thundered toward the docks, leaping over cars, barreling through intersections.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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 was barrelling far from south-western Mexico, and it is not expected to make landfall either.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
Some 80 surfers could work different waves simultaneously: barrelling waves, big waves, kid-friendly waves, Knieriem said.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023
It followed a looping path rarely recorded by meteorologists, hitting Madagascar and Mozambique for the first time at the end of February, and then again in March before barrelling into Malawi.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 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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