gasoline

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Costco’s U.S. comparable sales, adjusted for gasoline, rose 8.7% in May, marking their highest level in over a year.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Chinese gasoline and diesel consumption is also down more than 10% from a year ago, according to the IEA.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz to most commercial shipping has driven up gasoline and other commodity prices, with pump prices up nearly 50% since the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

U.S. exports of crude and products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel have soared during the crisis, part of what has kept the world relatively well supplied despite the war with Iran.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond