fuel
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The situation had eased at the end of July, but queues and local shortages of some fuel types have reemerged in Moscow in recent days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Elevated fuel prices are putting further downward pressure on oil use.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Road transport was the biggest current concern for young islanders, who highlighted the cost of fuel, state of the roads, closures and amount of traffic.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
At several Moscow stations, AFP saw dozens of cars lined up waiting for fuel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
At that point, the fuel is considered spent.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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California has a buffer to the war-induced supply shock—the oil and refined fuels it has in storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"We've got to be honest and say we are guilty of beating ourselves tonight. And that's no disrespect to our opponent because on transitions and counter-attack, it fuels them."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tai Milder, director of the agency’s fuels market watchdog, pointed to a different issue: Branded gasoline stations in the state charge 31 cents more per gallon on average than unbranded ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Brinker International EAT -2.71%decrease; down pointing triangle logged higher profit and revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter, fueled by continued momentum across its Chili’s brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
While the S&P 500 has surged toward record highs, fueled by a strong earnings-reporting season, a closer look at sales and profitability trends shows that are still bargains to be had for investors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
A run of upbeat reports from companies including Palantir, Caterpillar and Walt Disney this past week fueled a climb that carried stock indexes to their best weekly gains since April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Year-end bonuses have jumped at banks, fueled by record earnings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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His consumption of this content as well as anxiety over studies and family issues might have also fuelled his actions, they add.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake in case they needed a quick escape.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Demonstrations are still taking place in the eastern state of Jharkhand, suggesting the anger that fuelled the protests that began in the capital has not disappeared.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Brunner said it is thought that the influx was fuelled by criminal networks and social media disinformation.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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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Atlassian, Twilio, JFrog, and Cloudflare surge after earnings, fueling hopes that software investors are rewarding fundamentals again.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Artificial intelligence seems to be popping up everywhere, fueling the advancement of hardware beyond the smartphone but also debate about its use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
We’re also going to recertify every partner in the system on the fundamentals because it’s fueling the recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
China initially allowed offshore structures because they attracted foreign investors to the country’s nascent tech companies, fueling their growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
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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
Meanwhile, western Europe experienced its hottest June and July on record, with prolonged hot and dry conditions fuelling extreme wildfires across the region.
From BBC ● 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
While the Italian city's famous old club were effectively declared bankrupt this week, a footballing passion forged at Stadio Mario Rigamonti may be fuelling Tottenham Hotspur's revival.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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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