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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




Example Sentences

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Even the farm equipment that can be repaired can’t be used because there is no diesel to run it.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Every year, Sue Ferreri typically allows a 10 percent "buffer" for production budgeting, "but it's well above that now...We're looking at 20, 25 percent, and it's mainly due to the diesel cost," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The crisis has raised average gasoline prices to $4.15 a gallon and diesel to $5.68 a gallon, although there are signs that those may have peaked — for now.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

But since Ida, owners buy generators and haul 55-gallon drums of diesel across lakes and bayous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Whenever we weren’t responding to a crisis, we were hauling diesel.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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