fuel
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Since the start of the Iran war, high fuel costs have posed a threat to airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
A fuel leak in the River Taff which killed fish and sparked a warning for people to shut their windows has now stopped, official have said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The country of 287 million people is a net oil importer, but the government has insisted on leaving heavily subsidised fuel prices unchanged, despite struggling with high costs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Southwest Airlines LUV 0.58%increase; up pointing triangle cut its outlook again, as fuel costs continue to weigh on airlines’ margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Everything pointed to the possibility that the fuel in the spent pool was no longer underwater, and that the zirconium cladding that encased the fuel rods had ignited.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Together with the mostly rural Americans who use propane, more than half of U.S. households are heated with fuels that are expected to cost less than last winter, the EIA said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
It’s Hurts’ turn to receive some of that same criticism, I suppose, but what fuels it is especially disgusting.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Transport, particularly motor fuels, made the largest upward contribution to the... change," the ONS noted in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The use of fossil fuels to power the centre prompted criticism from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth Cymru.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The nitrogen for the fields would no longer be made with the sun’s energy but with fossil fuels.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Those concerns were further fueled by broader economic trends, including inflation rising faster than anticipated in September, which could lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates with more urgency.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Strong Santa Ana winds that fueled a rash of wildfires in Southern California have abated, and crews are turning a corner on the blazes that closed highways, damaged a military base and destroyed multi-million-dollar homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Dramatic footage showed burning homes and thick smoke billowing from the tinder-dry bushy hills, where the quick-spreading fire is fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, low humidity and unseasonably high temperatures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
“U.S. stocks bounced after a drop fueled by concerns about the sustainability of the AI trade, with attractive valuations and solid corporate earnings luring bargain hunters,” said Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Ryan Felsman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Yesterday’s meal had cleared his senses and fueled his muscles, but now the eggs were gone from his belly and the smells of the warming valley brought on a powerful hunger.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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He says it was this period of his life which fuelled a desire to compete for a Guinness World Record.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The months-long pollution spell has closed schools, fuelled a surge in respiratory conditions and restricted outdoor activities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
France's student protests are fuelled by a range of grievances, from unreplaced teachers and crumbling buildings to broader inequalities in accessing a good education.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
This constant threat has fuelled massive internal displacement and severe labour shortages in an already flailing economy, and sent people fleeing to neighbouring countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Six hundred broadcasters fuelled the boom, with Chicago’s KYW broadcasting nightly operas from 1921 onwards, and lighter fare outside the opera season.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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SpaceX’s rapid expansion of AI computing capacity is fueling revenue growth and raising the stakes for its ambitious 2027 building plans.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
“You Can See Everything” isn’t so much about big, jaw-dropping revelations as it is about the people behind them, and the assortment of personality and/or neurodevelopmental disorders fueling their actions.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
A recent $200-million gift is fueling a university-wide push into artificial intelligence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Artificial intelligence is fueling a revenue boom on Wall Street, as big banks race to finance what is on track to become the biggest investment in U.S. history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The cyclotron’s celebrity as a technological phenomenon fed on itself, fueling its inventor’s preference for engineering and salesmanship over the tedious drudgery of hard science.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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But days later, the US Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping tariffs, fuelling uncertainty over when the agreement would take effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I didn't see the importance of it. Training came first and I think we weren't educated enough in how important fuelling was," he tells BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But broadcasters outside the UK can and do show those matches, fuelling pirated streams.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The price increases have rippled across the globe, fuelling inflation in economies across a range of income groups.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
This matter of fuelling steamers is a serious one at such distances from the coal-mines; it costs the Peninsular Company some eight hundred thousand pounds a year.
From Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
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