barrel
Example Sentences
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Defeat would mean a new year in Sydney staring down the barrel of a 5-0.
From BBC
By cutting costs, the companies have lowered their break-even costs: the oil price they need to make money on each barrel they sell.
From Barron's
They are staring down the barrel of relegation after taking only two points from their past five games.
From BBC
To test this idea, Rumford placed the cannon barrels in water and timed how long it took for the water to boil.
From Science Daily
Despite lower drilling levels, U.S. oil production has set records this year, averaging more than 13.8 million barrels a day in recent weeks, according to EIA estimates.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
