gassing

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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

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

A civilian aviation notice this week warned that refueling was being limited at Agadez since the coup, with every single gassing up requiring approval from the 409th’s commander.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

He spends close to $200 a week gassing up his cherry-red Toyota Tacoma, which the 47-year-old Martinez pilots between his home in Phoenix and a mechanical engineering job nearly 50 miles away in Casa Grande.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

She and her staff planned the best way to replicate the opening of the Martian spaceship in Grovers Mill, the bomber planes, a roaring cannon, and the gassing of New York City.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow