gas
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Consumers also are more cautious about spending more on groceries amid inflation, a reduction in food stamps and rising gas prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Big picture: Americans are still spending more than enough to keep the economy expanding even though they face more financial strain from higher prices on gas and other staples.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
It means the price of electricity will fall, but that's been more than outstripped by an 8% rise in the price of gas.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It works on industrial steam turbines, compressors, electrolyzers for hydrogen production, generators and motors across the oil and gas, chemicals, paper, cement and maritime sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
How could a ball of gas a billion miles away in space be able to do that?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
However, there are still significant challenges, from releasing potentially dangerous gases locked in the ground to occasional flooding issues.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"And the main driver for this warming -- as we know -- are the greenhouse gases", he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Detonation waves form through a fluid mechanical instability involving wave and vortex patterns in the flowing gases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The air was filled with the terrible gases and smells from the rotten egg.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
It is thought the premises in Cresswell Crescent were being refurbished and a generator released toxic gasses.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
The flights will be used to conduct various studies and to sample atmospheric gasses and measure land and water surfaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 27, 2025
The WMO reports historically high levels of the greenhouse gasses methane and nitrous oxide, which like carbon dioxide are common byproducts of human industry.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
The regulator uses freeze-separation to sort out the gasses.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
“I’m not sure why Taylor picked such a rundown place to film, but I’m gassed about it,” said Hogg, 24.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
While showing few outward signs of struggling with the foot blisters which troubled him in the quarter-finals, Djokovic regularly looked gassed against Sinner before finding further reserves to win in four hours and nine minutes.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
He finished with eight points in his debut, shooting three of 15 from the perimeter in a performance that left him obviously gassed throughout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
This was of course after they had already gassed each other up, talking to each other like there was no one else on the track but them.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
Charging may require a bit more time than gassing up, but it’s a chance to catch up on news and email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some travelers say they can’t afford not to travel, however, so they’re putting all options on the table — from booking rail tickets to gassing up their cars.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
You’re onstage every night, people gassing you up — And if you’re not self-aware, that’ll just keep stacking up until your ego’s huge and you’re not the same person you were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
Last week, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights urged a halt to the execution, saying that gassing Smith could amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights law.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
In the morning, after gassing up, I headed straight west along the Rainy River, which separates Minnesota from Canada, and which for me separated one life from another.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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