gallon
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The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.47 on Friday, up about 40 cents from a month ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Earlier this month, diesel prices climbed above $6 per gallon in the U.S. for the first time ever, and continues to climb.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The U.S. average retail diesel price hit a fresh all-time high of $6.40 a gallon on Thursday, the latest in a string of records.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The regulation adds about 29 cents to the price of a gallon of diesel and acts as a subsidy for renewable fuel producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“My mom’s really shy. Sometimes it’s okay when people ask about her accent. But other times she just wants to buy a gallon of milk without having to explain herself.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Direct on-site water consumption by data centers has been estimated at roughly 17 billion gallons annually.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Nationally, U.S. golf courses applied about 531 billion gallons of water in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In late May, a chemical storage tank with more than 7,000 gallons of toxic material began heating up – fast.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The freight company he consults for runs eight medium-size trucks each burning 40 to 60 gallons a day, and Litchfield estimates that it currently pays an extra $480 to $640 a day on fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
For years, millions of gallons of sticky molasses had been stored in a building-sized metal tank.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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