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The constant stream of headlines out of the Persian Gulf has led to a highly volatile oil market and a steep pullback in a fund that has burned investors plenty of times before.—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 24 June 2025 The volatile oils that give bay leaves their distinct odor and flavors repel flies, moths, cockroaches, and even mice.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 June 2025 Meanwhile, a report released Tuesday by LSE IDEAS, the London School of Economics' foreign policy think tank, said that Russia is betting its war effort on volatile oil rents, and its fragile financial system is coming under considerable strain.—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 That outcome would produce periodic shortages and hence higher and more volatile oil prices.—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for volatile oil
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