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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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That has taken more than a third of Russian’s refining capacity offline, and Russian diesel exports fell to around half the level at the same time last year, Gilks said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said: "A fall in motor fuel prices, particularly diesel, helped ease inflation in June."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The crack spread is the gap between what a refinery pays for crude and what it earns selling the gasoline and diesel it makes from it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The air at the gas station is heavy with diesel and the smell of rancid deep-fryer fat from the McDonald’s next door.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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 are not allowed in the zone.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2023

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

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

Non-profit RMI said the IRA's up to $40,000 Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle tax credit "will turbocharge adoption of electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks." and will electric trucks cheaper to operate than diesels in most cases.

From Reuters Sep. 21, 2022

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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