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kerosene

[ker-uh-seen, kar-, ker-uh-seen, kar-] / ˈkɛr əˌsin, ˈkær-, ˌkɛr əˈsin, ˌkær- /


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Airlines—currently second in the demand-destruction stakes, the IEA says—will buy more kerosene.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"In a context of climate crisis and oil shock, it seems absolutely obvious that this kerosene should be reserved for more essential uses at a time when we're facing fuel shortages," he said.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The two are both forms of kerosene and are essentially similar.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"We're on the hydrocracking unit, a conversion unit that will allow us to maximize the production of diesel and kerosene for road and aviation fuels," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

We lit our kerosene lamps and carried them before us in the dark like our own tiny wavering suns.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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