gallon
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The average price of a gallon of diesel in the U.S. broke above $6 for the first time Friday, the WSJ’s Shradha Dinesh reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The last time gas was $2 a gallon was during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when demand for oil was destroyed because many people were staying home to avoid spreading a deadly virus.
From Salon ● 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
Diesel prices have soared to a record $6.23 a gallon and gasoline prices, which slipped below $4 a gallon this summer, have rebounded to $4.32.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I half-crawl, half-run to the refrigerators and get a gallon for myself.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The freight company he consults for runs eight medium-size trucks each burning 40 to 60 gallons a day, and Litchfield estimates that it currently pays an extra $480 to $640 a day on fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. and Mexico filter some of the contaminants, but those facilities have failed over the past decade and released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 2023, data centers used roughly 17 billion gallons of water for cooling, enough to supply about 160,000 American households for a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The tank contained about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used to make plastics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Rotten krill, shrimp, plankton, small fish—they ate it all—mixed with gallons of . . . what?
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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