gasoline
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Hydrogen is an alternative to gasoline, diesel fuel and natural gas that’s part of California’s climate strategy because it doesn’t produce greenhouse gas emissions when used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The recent subdued action in crude belies a bigger problem brewing in refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Overall, consumer spending has generally held up well despite a series of ongoing supply shocks across the U.S. economy, more recently from higher gasoline prices stemming from the conflict in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Excluding sales at auto dealers and gasoline stations, sales dipped 0.2 percent on a month-on-month basis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“You know gasoline always made you sick,” she says.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The more and more powerful engines required gasolines with higher octane ratings, which is a measure of antiknock properties.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As of next January, the firm will change its name to Exxon Co., and in July its three gasolines will become Exxon, Exxon Plus and Exxon Extra.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Continental Oil Co. introduced four new "cleaner-air" gasolines for its Rocky Mountain marketing area.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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