diesel engine
Example Sentences
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The batteries will have about as much capacity as 200 Tesla Model 3s, and a 500-mile range without using the diesel engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 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
The truck driver slammed the door and started the diesel engine.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
