gasoline
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Near-term inflation expectations have shifted with fluctuations in gasoline prices amid Middle East tensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In California, hydrogen costs four times more per mile than gasoline, even with the latest increases in U.S. fuel prices, said Matthew Hodgkinson, an analyst at S&P Global Energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Higher gasoline prices driven by Middle East hostilities were the biggest driver of cost pressures in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The spread between the cost of producing a barrel of gasoline and the cost of the crude oil needed to produce it — known among traders as the “crack spread” — has widened sharply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
He shook his gasoline pressure lantern to make sure it was full and arranged ether can and mask beside it on his bureau.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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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The new nonleaded gasolines, dealers complain, are selling at a leaden pace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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