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gasoline

[gas-uh-leen, gas-uh-leen] / ˌgæs əˈlin, ˈgæs əˌlin /


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Americans are angry about grocery and gasoline prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

While third-quarter auto sales topped estimates, due in part to an uptick in European markets amid high gasoline prices, better sales have not always translated to Tesla's bottom line.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Transportation, which includes new and used cars, gasoline and public transportation, showed the fastest growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

And the biggest burden for Bhavsar has become the price of gasoline.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“She calls gasoline petrol. A motorcycle is a motorbike and a truck, a lorry.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

The new nonleaded gasolines, dealers complain, are selling at a leaden pace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coloring gasoline was started during the war when dyes were added to aviation fuels to distinguish them from motor car gasolines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The more and more powerful engines required gasolines with higher octane ratings, which is a measure of antiknock properties.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.

From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer


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