gallon
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As of Thursday, the U.S. gas price averaged $4.06 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
California Chevron stations have the highest prices of any brand, averaging $6.34 per gallon in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The national average price of gasoline topped $4.55 a gallon in mid-May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some people in L.A. are dishing out $7 per gallon, while in Indiana, the most affordable gas stations charge about $3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Don’t worry about it. I’ve got a thirty-five gallon tank, remember?”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Mexican authorities have seized millions of gallons of contraband fuel in scores of railroad cars near the border with Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
The break left a giant sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard and sent about 17 million gallons of water into surrounding neighborhoods, shuttering businesses, and flooding homes and underground parking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Yes, an untreated cholera patient may eventually die from producing diarrheal fluid at a rate of several gallons per day.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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