barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
have barreled
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present perfectof barrel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While large corporations have barreled ahead with A.I. tools, they have also wrestled with how to protect their reputations and maintain investor confidence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
While Buffalo may have seen the storm’s worst, few parts of the country were unaffected by the cold, ice, snow and winds that have barreled across the nation over the past several days.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2022
One route would have barreled through the fabled estates of Beverly Hills roughly across Sunset Boulevard, and the other would have tracked along Santa Monica Boulevard to the south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Legal analysts told The Times that Mr. Mueller appears to have barreled over that line.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2017
If baseball had a wild card in 1993 or even if it’s geographically-based divisions were simply arranged in a geographical way, San Francisco would have barreled into the postseason as the odds-on favorite.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2015
