diesel fuel

Example Sentences

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The semi also benefits from higher oil prices, which make diesel fuel for traditional trucks more expensive.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“At every stage, someone on a tractor or someone in a truck had to do something, and that is diesel. And diesel fuel is way up.”

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Fakhreddine said they "stored some food supplies and diesel fuel for electricity generators, as a precaution in case, God forbid, the war returns again."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Long-haul trucker Miguel Caveda recently spent around $1,800 on diesel fuel during a week on the road, about 40% more than he typically paid before the Iran war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The engine was operating at full power on diesel fuel, and, Zeitoun realized in an instant, was generating all the electricity used for the station and the makeshift jail.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers