peg
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The market doesn’t think oil will stay this high for long: Futures markets peg the price of Brent delivered in April next year at around $80 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Market estimates peg Venezuela’s current production at around 1 million bpd, with its peak having been somewhere around 3 million bpd in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
“Where we peg the dividend at a moment in time is something the board will take up in, I guess…in March. And there’s not a lot more I can add to that.”
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Nature has given us a peg, with the death Jan. 13 of former UC Berkeley scientist Peter Duesberg, at 89.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Once inside, the captain removed his cloak and hung it from a peg, so as not to leave puddles on the threadbare Myrish carpet.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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