kerosene

Example Sentences

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Her family used kerosene lamps and stored vegetables and fruits underground in winter.

From New York Times

The world’s first synthetic kerosene plant opened in Germany in 2021.

From Washington Times

“I don’t want to throw kerosene on that.”

From New York Times

Airlines are under pressure to rein in their huge carbon emissions, which mainly come from burning fossil-based kerosene in aircraft engines.

From BBC

She did not have a generator and resorted to candles, a flashlight and an old kerosene heater to get through a different recent outage.

From New York Times