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diesel

[dee-zuhl, -suhl] / ˈdi zəl, -səl /
NOUN
diesel engine
Synonyms


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Higher oil prices will eat into margins given miners are some of the world’s largest consumers of diesel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The conflict sent average diesel prices in the United States above $6 a gallon on Friday for the first time, a shock increase for a key fuel in the transport and agriculture sectors.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

These mandates have helped draw growing quantities of domestic soybean oil toward biomass-based diesel production.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

"We are also directly supporting farmers and the fishing industry by slashing duty on the red diesel fuel they rely on to its lowest rate in over 20 years," they said.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

I was coming to recognize the unmistakably heartland brew of diesel fumes mixed with manure and restaurant exhaust.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.

From Salon May 23, 2024

According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the restrictions would have affected more than 600,000 vehicles, including about 140,000 Euro 5 diesels as well as other older more polluting vehicles, including petrol ones.

From Reuters Sep. 7, 2023

While there are exemptions available for blue badge holders, motorbikes, mopeds and emergency vehicles, in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 will not be allowed in the zone.

From BBC May 31, 2023

Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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