diesel engine

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Unlike a traditional gasoline or diesel engine, it has no pistons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"I feel like I'm more of a diesel engine sometimes where I need to get going first, then at some point I'll start playing good tennis. I have to play a preparation tournament."

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

The Dali’s diesel engine automatically shut down because its cooling pumps lost power.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

On the Lassen High volleyball bus earlier that September day, heading the 119 miles to their matches at West Valley, the girls’ voices rose above the drone of the diesel engine.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

They could hear the diesel engine out on the road, running on God knows what.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy