diesel
Example Sentences
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Taxes on petrol and diesel were cut and there was an extra €150 benefit for around 470,000 of the poorest households.
From BBC
The crisis has global implications, and Shell CEO Wael Sawan warned that energy shortages -- including gasoline and diesel -- could begin to hit Europe as early as next month.
From Barron's
The new rule increases biomass-based diesel—which is partly derived from soybeans—blending by more than 60%, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The people filling up trucks, trains, planes and ships with jet fuel, diesel or fuel oil are ringing alarm bells.
At one point on Thursday the train chugged past a queue of trucks waiting for fuel -- the trains themselves run on diesel, with the state railway company maintaining its own stocks.
From Barron's
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