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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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The margin that oil refiners demand for producing gasoline, heating oil and diesel has been rising to historic highs, pressuring for one prices of petroleum products used by U.S. consumers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Heavy-duty trucks, which traditionally run on diesel, are an outsize source of air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Spot prices for diesel, which got close to $5 a gallon early in the Iran war, are up 16% in the past month at nearly $4 a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

At Primus Ceramics, located near the city of Aveiro, in central Portugal, a diesel generator saved the day during last year's blackout.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

He takes off his yellow shirt, stained and smelling of diesel smoke.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.

From Salon May 23, 2024

According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the restrictions would have affected more than 600,000 vehicles, including about 140,000 Euro 5 diesels as well as other older more polluting vehicles, including petrol ones.

From Reuters Sep. 7, 2023

Governments frown on diesels in European cities, and come 2025, diesel cars will be banned from Paris and Madrid.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2023

Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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