barreling

Example Sentences

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In Asia, diesel markets are flashing a warning sign about possible shortages—a harbinger of what could be barreling toward Europe, Noel-Beswick added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Airlines canceled thousands of flights because of a winter storm barreling up the East Coast, but that’s not the only thing spreading chaos across the air travel industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But just as they were a couple of miles from safety, someone in the group saw a wall of snow — estimated to be the size of a football field — barreling toward them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

There’s hockey puck, lots of it: The rowdy U.S. women is barreling into the semifinals, and the NHL stars have finally returned to build a feisty U.S. men’s team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

It was barreling straight toward them at a rate of three miles an hour.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong