1
as in ton
a considerable amount
a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs
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2
as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace
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Recent Examples of barrel
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Named for two of Santa's reindeer, this spirit has spent all that time finishing in a barrel, which was previously used to store rich cinnamon spice.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Tate was wide open, but this wasn’t an easy throw with the pressure of fourth down and a defensive lineman barrelling down on him.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
And while The Sticky opens with a human body in the barrel of syrup, that didn’t happen in the 2012 heist.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Named for two of Santa's reindeer, this spirit has spent all that time finishing in a barrel, which was previously used to store rich cinnamon spice.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
But as the train barrels away from the city, George can’t bear the thought of being separated from her and his grandfather, Gerald (Paul Weller).
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Tate was wide open, but this wasn’t an easy throw with the pressure of fourth down and a defensive lineman barrelling down on him.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrel
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Australia produces nearly five million tons of raw sugar a year and is the world’s third-largest exporter of cotton.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Together, the two companies would have a total capacity of up to 86 million tons.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Add the wool wash to the washer drum, use cold water, and wash on the gentle, delicate, or wool cycle.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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But the crowd was with her, banging drums and calling her name.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Wrap them in tubular insulation to keep pipes from bursting.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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Cold weather safety:How to prepare for winter 2024 — from freezing pipes to driving in snow and ice Does winter solstice change?Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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The automobile industry was still so new that the paper’s editors didn’t know what to call the vehicles that would be racing.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
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Set to enter its fifth week at the box office, Indian star Kartik Aaryan’s latest Hindi film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is racing fast.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bringing confidence early, Ball drove for consecutive buckets at the rim and nailed his third 3-pointer of the game off an assist from Karaban in transition.Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Payton leaked out for a pair of buckets then Hield sank his third triple of the game on a sneaky inbounds pass up the court off a dead ball.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The album went on to sped 10 total weeks atop the chart.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill that same month to close a legal loophole and speed up the process of evicting squatters.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Syria’s defense ministry said dozens of soldiers have been killed in the Aleppo offensive.Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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The Syrian army said on Saturday dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo, forcing the army to redeploy in the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.Suleiman Al-Khalidi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Attention to detail being everything, the cans come packed in a cool reusable tin, alongside a small colorful box of matches.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Attend the Driskill Hotel Tree Lighting at 6 p.m. Dec. 6 and buy Cookies for Caring tins and ornaments to support Season for Caring.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Barrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrel. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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