as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration—there's no beer in them

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  • During the Iranian Oil Crisis, global inventories built as much as 3 million barrels a day or more, as companies and large consumers chased every available barrel, the spot market trade all but disappeared, and prices tripled: not when Iranian oil production was shut in by unrest.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Prices could further spike, however, if Iran targets Saudi Arabia’s oil supplies or creates shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which almost 25% of total global oil consumption flows, with some experts predicting $100 oil per barrel.
    Mathias Hammer, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
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  • Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
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“Kilderkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkin. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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