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crude

[krood] / krud /




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Investors are closely watching bond yields and crude oil prices after Fed Gov. Christopher Waller said he would support holding rates steady if inflation data continue the recent progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The Sea Lion oilfield, around 130 miles from the islands, contains an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil - described by Rockhopper as a field containing "highly marketable crude".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Some people pine for the past, when Russian crude flowed freely, she said.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.5% higher at $91.79 per barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

There was a crude outline of an adult male on the pulpit of a harpoon boat.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Marathon and Valero noted strong performance from their West Coast refineries, citing recent California refinery closures and increased availability of California crudes, in addition to the war.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The investment allowed them to take advantage of the light-heavy spread, as heavy crudes are typically cheaper because they are lower quality and require more processing.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

She said Brent prices will eventually catch up with the Middle Eastern crudes changing hands at over $150 a barrel if Hormuz stays shut.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding U.S.-Iran tensions, and “the market for non-sanctioned crudes is tight,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

In the case of alkaline crudes a correction should be made for the acid added.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

In addition to the Shahed-136, Iran also has stocks of earlier, cruder models of the Shahed that it can turn to.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

As for the satire, this faintly cruder version of right now doesn’t have much bite.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

It’s a much cruder, but drastically cheaper, way of monitoring the disease over time versus trying to test as many people as possible.

From Slate Jan. 19, 2024

"That is not the modus operandi. It's slightly cruder than that, on the whole."

From BBC Aug. 7, 2023

“What is cruder than to deprive such an unfortunate, withered woman and her little child of support?” he writes.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

The production, directed by La Jolla Playhouse outgoing artistic director Christopher Ashley, makes musical comedy seem like the crudest of art forms.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

The company's scientists took the crudest of the crude oil components -- the sludge left at the bottom after the distillation process -- and pushed it through one of the membranes.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2023

“It’s very difficult to find reliable indicators for even the crudest differences between pleasant and unpleasant music, let alone for the subtle differences that make a nice musical piece become a hit,” he says.

From Scientific American Jun. 30, 2023

Stone tools became common around 2.5 million years ago, but they were merely the crudest of flaked or battered stones.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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