diesel
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He has been able to concentrate his water irrigation allowance on the land he still farms, and he has stopped losing sleep over rises in the price of things such as diesel and fertiliser.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Costs run roughly in line with diesel, which hit $6 a gallon on average nationally for the first time two weeks ago and has since soared above $6.50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The chart below shows how the average price of gas has climbed to around $4.50 per gallon, while diesel has jumped to $6.50 per gallon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The government said it was investing £7.5bn to support a transition to electric vehicles, with plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Zakariyya pointed to several diplomas hanging near the photos, for welding, refrigeration, diesel.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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
But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 will not be allowed in the zone.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
Governments frown on diesels in European cities, and come 2025, diesel cars will be banned from Paris and Madrid.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 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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