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Oil prices rose around $15 a barrel to the low $80s after the U.S. and Iran resumed hostilities in midsummer.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Crude fell more than two percent Wednesday, with Brent back well below $90 a barrel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Oil futures lost 13 cents, or 0.2% to $82.23 a barrel after reports that officials from Oman and Iran were once again negotiating the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.2% higher at $85.20 per barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

Gasoline demand was up by 355,000 barrels a day at 9 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ship-tracking company Vortexa estimates that Iran has roughly 80 million barrels of crude in floating storage in Asian waters, representing billions of dollars of potential revenues for Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The inventory increase was below expectations from a Wall Street Journal survey of analysts, which projected a build of 500,000 barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Among the known contaminants dumped at the site is 93,100 tonnes of acid sludge from Burmah Castrol and barrels of unknown substances suspected to be from Monsanto, the report said.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“It will be more comfortable than traveling in—ugh!—one of these barrels, I assure you.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

Until “Vagrants,” the drama’s fifth episode, Pelphrey and Ruffalo hadn’t shared a scene together; Tom and Robbie barreled along parallel tracks destined to cross.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

Sheed went left, Petey right as the thing barreled into the yard.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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 American had the crowd on his side but Zverev's serve was unrelenting and he barrelled into a 5-1 lead in the third set.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

At least six people have died after a super typhoon barrelled through the Philippines, mere days after an earlier storm left more than 200 people dead.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

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

As the dog-headed men barrelled forward, Nico raised his sword.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

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

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 just stood there, and Winn-Dixie came barreling right toward him like he was a bowling ball and the preacher was the only pin left standing, and wham, they both fell to the ground.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

Some 80 surfers could work different waves simultaneously: barrelling waves, big waves, kid-friendly waves, Knieriem said.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 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