diesel fuel

Example Sentences

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Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

People have to eat, so they’ll have to swallow hard when paying more at the grocery store due to more expensive diesel fuel and fertilizer costs.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“At every stage, someone on a tractor or someone in a truck had to do something, and that is diesel. And diesel fuel is way up.”

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

High prices for fertilizer and the diesel fuel that farmers need for their tractors, combines and other equipment aren’t expected to come down right away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It smelled salty, and a bit like diesel fuel.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos