barrel
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Brent rises 3.6% to $99.48 a barrel after yesterday’s 7.2% drop.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The US strikes pushed up the price of Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, by almost 4.5 percent on Tuesday to above $100 a barrel.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Crude-oil prices were down 3% to around $90 a barrel.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Options suggest investors see flows via the strait resuming soon as the most likely outcome, but they are implicitly placing a 37% chance on oil above $100 a barrel in three months, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
My heart beats faster than the time I thought a barrel cactus was a gnome, on one of Mom and my fairy hunts.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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