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• bbl.
  bbl.

  abbreviation

  barrel.
• BBL
  BBL

  abbreviation

  be back later

bbl.

American  

abbreviation

• bbls
  plural

1. barrel.

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BBL British  

abbreviation

1. be back later

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bbl. BBL

With oil stuck above $70 per bbl. and the Doha round of trade negotiations defunct, growth was bound to slacken.

From Time ● May 2, 2011

According to the latest government estimate, 12,000 to 19,000 bbl. of oil are leaking from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico each day.

From Time ● Jun. 3, 2010

Five thousand men--and a few women--work here, pumping 1.3 million bbl. a day down the trans-Alaska pipeline.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any release from the 570 million bbl. reserve would provoke controversy, because it was created by Congress for use only in national emergencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shipments were also sent to Boston at $1,24-1/2 per bbl., on which the proportion of the "New York Central" was 68c, and the "Western Railroad" received 35c per bbl. as their share.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland

That same year, Sasha Dean, from Bedfordshire, was left in a coma after receiving a liquid BBL.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

BBL teams routinely scored in the 100s—except when they played Sheffield, when their totals sometimes dropped by 30 points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Australia's Test batting star Smith had been in red-hot scoring form in the BBL since the Ashes tour, scoring 299 runs with a century and two half-centuries at an average of 59.80.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

It was a final between the two most successful clubs in BBL history, with the Sixers chasing their fourth title.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

In September last year, 33-year-old Alice Webb is believed to have died after suffering complications from having a liquid BBL in Gloucestershire.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025

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