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barrel

[bar-uhl] / ˈbær əl /


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Brent extended Thursday's spike and headed back towards $115 a barrel for the first time since May, while WTI topped $100.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

December Brent crude futures rose 1.3% to $114.64 a barrel, while December West Texas Intermediate futures gained 1.5% to $100.95 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Stock futures pointed lower as oil prices climbed above $114 a barrel, but some of the hard-hit tech names were enjoying a modest rebound.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The gains followed Thursday’s rally, when Brent climbed 4% to settle at $113.17 a barrel, its highest level in more than five months, while U.S. crude gained 2.4% to $99.47 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was enormous, for one thing, in the shape of a barrel, and it seemed to be made completely out of fur.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

The ship left Russia's Baltic port of Primorsk overnight, after loading nearly 300,000 barrels of diesel at the oil terminal there, Kpler said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Betancourt’s company currently produces about 200,000 barrels per day — or about as much over the course of a year as the United States uses in three days.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ukraine's strikes explain "about one-third of the global diesel shortfall, currently estimated at 1.7 to 1.8 million barrels per day", said Mathonniere.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Saudi Aramco is working to increase the capacity of its East-West oil pipeline network to 10 million barrels a day as the kingdom seeks to strengthen alternative export routes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It also made sense to locate the giant storage tank in the North End, near the freight yards and wharves where the molasses could be poured into barrels and shipped to various distilleries.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The eye of the storm barreled over the peninsular fishing village of Las Barrancas, which was largely unreachable after a swollen river caused a highway bridge to collapse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The cast reunited one last time for a homage to the opening of the first “Jackass” movie in which the dudes barreled down a hill in an oversize, runaway shopping cart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

She said she grabbed her 5-year-old, Zachary, pulling him to safety as the SUV driven by Erickson barreled through the marked crosswalk on Triunfo Canyon Road.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Eastern time Sunday as a winter storm barreled across the Midwest.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

We barreled into the hallways behind the gym, through the locker rooms, and into the connected natatorium.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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

The incident came as a dangerous winter storm barrelled across a large swathe of the US, killing several people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 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

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

That sentiment was particularly pronounced in tech, where companies are barreling ahead with a gargantuan artificial-intelligence build-out despite concerns about the costs — and the occasional rogue AI agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

“I feel like we were always barreling towards a book,” Weber says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The release of new wearables underscores how one of the world’s largest tech companies is barreling forward in the AI race even as tech workers and politicians call for the industry to slow down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

When Ritchson isn’t barreling through that summertime face-punching tour, he fronts pleasing if unchallenging straight-to-streaming romps like “Playdate” and “War Machine.”

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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’s not enough to come barrelling into a conversation with a long-winded explanation of your personal dogma; you must also confidently push the value of those ideas, too.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

A dramatic qualifying session, on a brand new track which features drivers barrelling down the famous Strip, came a day after scenes Formula 1 could ill afford.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023

Hurricane Idalia is barrelling towards Florida and forecasters warn it is extremely dangerous.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

Florent, Frankie, and Barbara came barrelling in, but Joseph stopped them, too.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick


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