diesel
Example Sentences
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Ending the importation and registration of new petrol and diesel vehicles had been a key part of that.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Ben Steffen, a farmer in southeast Nebraska, said he was budgeting to pay $4,000 to $5,000 more in diesel than he previously expected this planting season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Darling is one of a handful of companies turning animal fats, cooking oil, and food waste into diesel, jet fuel, fertilizer, and feedstock.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Petrol and diesel are being rationed, and prices, already significantly higher than in neighbouring Thailand, have risen sharply.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The noise now became increasingly loud, its diesel hum goading everyone’s desperate hopes and deepest worries.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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