Example Sentences
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Global oil prices topped $100 a barrel this week, bringing crude futures back to a two-month high.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
U.S. stock futures fell in early European trade as the global oil benchmark topped $98 a barrel after another night of escalating tensions in the Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Security at the bankrupt development was lax but oversight has since been improved, Petty said, with round-the-clock security guards, cameras, laser devices and tall metal walls topped with razor wire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Total Eclipse of the Heart, her biggest hit, topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
No bubbling stream was stirring it into life and keeping it topped up to the brim.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
