gallon
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Diesel, the fuel of choice for heavy-duty commercial trucks, is averaging $5.62 a gallon nationwide, compared with an average of $5.30 a gallon just a month ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The pump price for diesel in California has crossed $7 a gallon for the first time since June, according weekly assessments from the Energy Information Administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gasoline prices have soared well above $4 per gallon since the start of the war, compared with the national average of $3.14 a year ago, with a huge knock-on effect on consumer prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
By then, a gallon of gas averaged around $4.50, according to AAA.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
She’d brought a gallon of water anyway, and had been bent diagonal with the weight as she’d lugged it over to the boat.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
In 2024 golf courses nationwide consumed roughly 1.6 million acre-feet, or 521 billion gallons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Diablo Canyon uses 2.5 billion gallons of ocean water for cooling each day, discharging hot water directly into the nearby cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The proposed center in Nodaway County, about 40 miles from here, would use municipal wastewater in a closed-loop cooling system that, according to the project website, requires an initial 1.5 million gallons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Their individual payloads of more than 1,000 gallons of water are then dumped onto the flames below.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Every day, her heart pushes and thrusts and pumps its gallons and gallons of life-stuff.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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