gasoline
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U.S. oil executives are slated to return to the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Donald Trump, focusing in large part on reducing gasoline prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Companies have struggled to appeal to inflation-fatigued consumers who have faced higher prices for everything from coffee to beef and gasoline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The average national price for gasoline stands at about $4.08 per gallon in the U.S., up from $3.19 a year ago, according to AAA data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Oil prices are hovering above $80 a barrel; gasoline prices are now around $4 a gallon, up from $2.98 before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I want to get the leak in this gasoline line out,” he explained.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Reacting to charges that leaded gasolines are a prime source of air pollution, the Buffalo city council has adopted the nation's first anti-lead ordinance.
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
But the Los Angeles-based company knows that California is about to set new fuel standards that will require all oil companies in the state to reformulate their gasolines or switch to alternative fuels.
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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