diesel
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Elsewhere in the paper, the G7 agreement on releasing "more diesel reserves" is headlined along with British pumps passing £2 a litre.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Rocketing diesel prices mean the price of everything we buy will keep rising.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The global market for diesel, the fuel that powers much of the economy, has never been under so much pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The group of advanced economies, including the US, said the move would include a "substantial release" of diesel in the coming days.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
To conserve fresh water the men were allowed just two showers a week, and their own growing stench added a nauseating layer to the reek of diesel fuel.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Pichetto Fratin said the government had ordered a review and update of regional anti-pollution plans, and that while this was pending, planned restrictions on Euro 5 diesels were temporarily suspended.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
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
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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