barrels
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Today it produces just 20 barrels a day -- enough to fill the tanks of only 20-30 cars after refinement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
"We'll probably be buying in triple the amount of barrels that we usually would," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The International Energy Agency said global observed oil inventories have fallen by 507 million barrels since the conflict began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A bar manager intends to order triple his usual amount of beer barrels, but some residents have expressed concern about the impact the fight will have on public services.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Such problems turn real objects—heaps of grain, barrels of wine—into abstract shapes so that mathematical principles can be applied to them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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