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diesel

[dee-zuhl, -suhl] / ˈdi zəl, -səl /
NOUN
diesel engine
Synonyms


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Petrol prices hit a four-year high in September, and diesel has also shot up.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Since March 1, Americans have spent about $145 billion more on gasoline and diesel than they did at the same time a year ago, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

High diesel costs have only darkened the scenario.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The relationship soured after a tanker carrying tens of millions of dollars worth of diesel failed to deliver its cargo in Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

I stopped in my place, in a row of Golden Dawns, and I set down my can of diesel.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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

Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Renewable diesels are 40% to 50% cleaner than fossil fuels, even counting carbon to manufacture and deliver them, said Mark Chen, chief sustainability engineer for Skanska USA.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022

“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen


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