as in barrels
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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One trading company booked a vessel to haul 1 million barrels from Iraq on Wednesday, according to lists of charters compiled by Bloomberg.—
Alex Longley,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Before the war, about 20 million barrels of oil were transiting the strait per day.—
Kevin Breuninger,Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Pernerewski said the first two hydrants on Bennett Avenue, which are on a six-inch water main, likely became blocked with debris and the residue has gotten inside of the pipes and did not allow sufficient flow.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Kilderkins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkins. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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