as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a keg of beer

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Recent Examples of keg The unusual-looking freshwater fish, which has pointy teeth and a long snout, measured 7 feet and 3 inches and weighed 153 pounds, according to Weston’s post—about the same heft as a keg of beer. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 Your showrunners had foreshadowed Nat’s death in the pilot, with Misty appearing as a vision at the keg party. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025 The only thing shocking about this story is that the Washington elites are stupid enough to coordinate their latest military adventure on a messaging app like a bunch of teenagers planning a keg party. Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 The brew events even include a hunt for a mini keg on the mountain. Anna Fiorentino, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keg
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Noun
  • If the conflict eliminates Iranian oil from the market, oil prices could spike by about $7.50 a barrel, according to Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, a consulting firm.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
  • During the Iranian Oil Crisis, global inventories built as much as 3 million barrels a day or more, as companies and large consumers chased every available barrel, the spot market trade all but disappeared, and prices tripled: not when Iranian oil production was shut in by unrest.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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  • This rum spent its entire four years aging in French oak Cognac casks, which was the result of a bit of synergy: The barrels came from Rémy Martin, and both that Cognac house and Mount Gay are owned by drinks company Rémy Cointreau.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 June 2025
  • Book a tour of the distillery, set within a series of historic buildings surrounded by swaths of green farmland, and sample the award-winning expressions straight from the cask.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
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  • Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025

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“Keg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keg. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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