kerosene
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"Kerosene is being made available through retail outlets and PDS channels," Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said last week.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Kerosene tanks were buried underneath the parking areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
"Kerosene or gas space heaters and gas stoves also produce substantial amounts of nitrogen dioxide," The American Lung Association states.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023
"Kerosene price revision was a must for many years," Sri Lanka's minister for power and energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, said in a tweet last month.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022
Kerosene lamps—another amazing thing—hissed as they hung from hooks over the porch.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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