kerosene

Example Sentences

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Airlines have curtailed or suspend flights to the island for lack of kerosene.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Ken Cronin, chief executive of the UK & Ireland Fuel Distributors Association, said as heating oil was a kerosene fuel, it was connected with jet fuel on European markets.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Current tariffs of 10 percent on unleaded gasoline and seven percent on diesel, aviation fuel and kerosene would all be temporarily removed under the decree.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Rockefeller’s competitors didn’t see Standard Oil coming until they were buying kerosene from him.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

She lit the kerosene lantern while I made the fire, then she burned some sweet incense.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya