fuel
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Nogbou said that about 70% of the children they helped had a parent who was working and she said many were "not managing to manage the bills with energy and fuel prices going up".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Scientists warn that the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events will increase as the planet continues to heat up because of fossil fuel emissions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
And some now fear that Thursday's shocking attack in Jaroslaw has added fuel to the flames, especially online.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Whatever the mechanism, the findings suggest that the dreaming brain may be operating under unusually high energy demands even while its fuel supply increases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The fuel pools were designed to provide maximum shielding: Each was made of 5-foot-thick concrete with a steel liner.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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U.S. households that depend on other fuels are likely to face higher heating costs, too, though the increases aren’t as dramatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“And because U.S. refiners would lose part of their export market, they could simply produce less — eventually tightening the supply of other fuels at home.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Simpler polymer chains tended to produce gasoline-like compounds, while more complex chains generated diesel-like fuels.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
India is not merely a buyer: its refineries turn Russian crude into fuels that can then be exported.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Unlike fossil fuels, wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems generate electricity with no associated air pollution emissions.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Didn’t think to correct or coach up Stephens, because he didn’t notice how the junior’s reaction fueled the melee between the teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Our campaign is fueled by broad-based, grassroots support, and a growing coalition of Angelenos who have invested in a new direction at City Hall,” he said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
It also fueled the exodus of families of all colors from the school system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is fueled with $30 billion of his fortune.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The women cooked with clay stoves fueled by coal, and the camp always smelled of fire and smoke.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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China's foreign ministry said in response that AI development was "fuelled" by the country's "vision of extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are affecting around 12.5 million people across Indonesia, according to the country's health ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That frustration has also fuelled student-led protests and youth movements demanding changes to India's education system.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The latest AI upheaval comes after a healthy run-up in August following July's rout, which had been fuelled by worries about returns on the vast sums invested in the sector as well as extended valuations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
They told a tale of progress fuelled by human brain power.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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“Paramount believes that a transaction like this can be transformative in fueling its ability to compete in that market.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
It elevates sea-surface temperatures across the eastern Pacific, fueling hurricanes that send big swells to south-facing beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The secrecy and lack of transparency around McConnell is fueling all sorts of understandable questions.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
The factors fueling their challenges in affording a home are complex and stretch back decades, according to experts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Warriors were now in place from every world where Lord Asriel’s rebellion had supporters; mechanics and artificers were fueling aircraft, loading weapons, and calibrating sights and measures.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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It is the latest in a series of storms in the Pacific, made more intense by the "super El Niño", which has warmed the ocean, fuelling the formation of storms.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
That demand is also fuelling a rapid build-out of data centres - the computing hubs where data is stored and AI models are trained and run.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Others pointed to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's refusal to provide markets with forward guidance on the bank's plans as fuelling uncertainty on trading floors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
"As sport nutritionists we were all fascinated at what the fuelling programme was, and it was the sports drinks and gels that played a huge part of that fuelling," Close says.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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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