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tuns

noun

plural of tun

as in barrels

an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold

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In addition to the roughly 7 million barrels per day that Middle Eastern countries have rerouted around the strait through pipelines and other methods, about 11 or 12 million barrels have been flowing out, according to the tracking services.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels for the first time since it was filled in the early 1980s, according to the Department of Energy.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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