gallon
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And more worryingly, retail diesel prices remain at a record high around $5.90 a gallon, fanning concerns about inflation as global financial markets are under strain from a bond selloff and U.S. dollar weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Average U.S. gas prices, at $4.14 a gallon, shattered the Labor Day weekend record of $3.82 and are about $1 more than they were last year, the Associated Press reported, citing AAA data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Average prices for regulator gasoline stood at $4.15 a gallon on Monday -- when millions of Americans typically travel by car for the Labor Day holiday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
In a reminder of the inflation pressure facing the Fed, diesel prices hit a new all-time high of $5.85 a gallon on Friday, surpassing their previous record from 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I was suddenly thirsty, very thirsty, like I had just swallowed a gallon of sea water.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
That sounds staggering until you put it in context: Agriculture uses vastly more water—81 million acre-feet, or 2.6 trillion gallons, of irrigation water in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The tank contained about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used to make plastics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The equipment enables the A400M to carry more than 5,000 gallons of water, all of which can be released in a single gravity-drop maneuver and refilled in about 10 minutes back on the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their individual payloads of more than 1,000 gallons of water are then dumped onto the flames below.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“There’s a big red cross on the bottom of the helicopter, and just above it there are one hundred fifty gallons of fuel.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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