diesel
Example Sentences
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For Ukraine, the potential scarcity of fuel and surge in prices caused by the war on Iran is a worry: its own frontline troops need large amounts of diesel for their tanks and vehicles.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Ben Steffen, a farmer in southeast Nebraska, said he was budgeting to pay $4,000 to $5,000 more in diesel than he previously expected this planting season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Ireland has cut taxes on petrol and diesel, Australia has halved fuel duty for three months and Slovenia has become the first EU member state to introduce fuel rationing.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Darling is one of a handful of companies turning animal fats, cooking oil, and food waste into diesel, jet fuel, fertilizer, and feedstock.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Symbolically, a Desire bus hurtled past me, its diesel exhaust almost strangling me.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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