gallon
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Diesel, the fuel of choice for heavy-duty commercial trucks, is averaging $5.62 a gallon nationwide, compared with an average of $5.30 a gallon just a month ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
By then, a gallon of gas averaged around $4.50, according to AAA.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The giant US retailer steered much of the benefit from US tariff refunds towards investments to attract inflation-strapped customers, who faced gasoline prices above $4 a gallon for much of the quarter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But they are still at roughly $4 a gallon, according to AAA, up from about $3 a gallon before the conflict started at the end of February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He kept a gallon jug under the bar and in the mouth of the jug there was a funnel.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The canal loses 50 million gallons of water whenever a ship passes through, and is replenished by Lake Gatún, its main reservoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The tank contained about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used to make plastics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The equipment enables the A400M to carry more than 5,000 gallons of water, all of which can be released in a single gravity-drop maneuver and refilled in about 10 minutes back on the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their individual payloads of more than 1,000 gallons of water are then dumped onto the flames below.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Fifty gallons of syrupy, goopy tomato sauce slimed him from above.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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