fuel
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The NTHCA's main reason for the request, alongside the cost of living, was due to high fuel prices and vehicle parts soaring in costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
While Beijing curbed jet-fuel exports and kept more at home, domestic flights within China got more expensive, too, including higher fuel surcharges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Taxi fares could go up by 8% in order to help drivers combat a rise in fuel prices and the cost of living.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
His decision to scrap decades-old fuel subsidies that had drained the Treasury's international dollar reserves caused prices to double, triggering widespread anger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
A fire burned in the chimney to heat the water, using pinecones as fuel, as they were easily gathered and burned more slowly than coal.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
How Elon Musk leaned in to fossil fuels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Motivating a new generation of animators and storytellers also fuels Buermann.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
President Lula has argued that oil revenues are needed to help fund Brazil's transition to non-fossil fuels.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
As economies expand, copper will be required to build electricity networks for the transition away from fossil fuels, and to create data centres for artificial intelligence, BHP said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
No fossil fuels or added fertilizer or chemicals needed.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
In Argentina, the contests have fueled numerous memes that have even been seized on by top-flight football clubs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
You should not be fueled by obligation or guilt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
That’s not to mention the massive uptick in investment in surveillance apparatus, a move often fueled by artificial intelligence.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is a brutal lesson, too, in the risks of leverage, or investment bets fueled by borrowing, several years after Archegos Capital’s implosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Their words were becoming increasingly vile, fueled by whatever was happening directly in front of the school.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
The videos appear to adopt Gen Z language and formats, but fail to address concerns that fuelled the protests, she adds.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The popularity of electric motorbikes has been fuelled in part by social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Those words have fuelled a centuries-long debate, one that continues today, about Homer's life and the location of the river where he was thought to have been born in the year 8 BC.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The cut-throat competition has fuelled a sprawling coaching industry where students spend years preparing, often at enormous financial cost for their families.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
They told a tale of progress fuelled by human brain power.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lynch’s order included a chocolate milkshake and coffee, the cold sugar and caffeine fueling his ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Retailers say one group is fueling the trend—a cohort they’re most eager to capture: Gen Z.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A new genetic line of chickens is also fueling the glut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I’d started off walking briskly, anger fueling my legs, but after a few blocks, I ran out of steam.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
In Jharkhand, the protests began after last month's preliminary civil service exam results, with some candidates alleging that answer sheets shared online showed successful applicants had answered fewer questions than expected, fuelling suspicions of manipulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It comes as the group sees its server solutions optimized for artificial intelligence fuelling future revenue as the build-out of data centers accelerates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Smaller US players are also fuelling competition in the fast-evolving sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Hotter seas can have damaging knock-on effects on the planet, fuelling stronger storms and rainfall and bleaching coral reefs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The schoolroom was perfumed with the smoke of peat, for it was the landward pupils' week of the fuelling, and they were accustomed to bring each his own peat under his arm every morning.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
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