diesel
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Here, the barge is photographed on Sept. 26, after bringing in nearly 100 ISO tanks of gasoline and diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
By May, the Communist government said it had run out of fuel oil and diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Unlike gas for cars, diesel is in short supply because of a lack of global refining capacity, a problem that will continue for some time.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The negotiations fall in the midst of a conflict-driven energy crisis that has sharply spiked the cost of diesel, fertilisers and other essential commodities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Land Rover smashed through a pall of diesel smoke and bounced as it hit a pothole.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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
But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 are not allowed in the zone.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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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