diesel
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The decline has been very small - over the past two days diesel has come down by 0.6p and petrol by 0.3p.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Lindsday Australia has raised fuel levies to pass on a more than 70% rise in diesel prices since February to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It is now just below 191p a litre for diesel, while petrol is just under 158p a litre.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
It can process up to 120,000 barrels of crude oil a day, manufacturing products such as gasoline and diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Traffic was heavier, and the exhaust and the diesel fumes could not rise into the sky on that first gray day, but hung over everything.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Vocabulary lists containing diesel
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