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diesel

[dee-zuhl, -suhl] / ˈdi zəl, -səl /
NOUN
diesel engine
Synonyms


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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But, while it isn't the diesel grunt that can win matches on its own, "plastic energy" is still something.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Other information will be broadcast via satellite vehicles from a select number of journalists at emergency centres around the UK, which will carry on as long as the diesel lasts.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Ahead of the release, DBS economists had forecast October inflation of 3.2%, citing rising diesel prices and a rebound in food inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But that would require "a big paradigm shift" in energy demand in Turkey: "We need to change the demand from diesel or gasoline towards electricity," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Missing, too, was the ever-present buzz of diesel generators.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.

From Salon ● May 23, 2024

But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 are not allowed in the zone.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Non-profit RMI said the IRA's up to $40,000 Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle tax credit "will turbocharge adoption of electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks." and will electric trucks cheaper to operate than diesels in most cases.

From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2022

“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen


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