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It’s not even the ‘worst’ day for oil since the pandemic, oil futures went negative ($-40 a barrel) in 2020.

HN headline is much more accurate

Maybe Reuters changed it but the headline is now

> Oil prices fall most in 2 years as UAE supports output hike

but also, headlines like this get A/B tested. It's possible OP used the headline they saw.

yep, that was the original title

“Worst” probably performs better than alternatives in clickthrough rates.