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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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At the Adipec conference, oil trader Vitol’s CEO Russell Hardy said the world consumes roughly 60 million barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

In 2025 Mexico shipped Cuba 17.2 million barrels of oil and 65 million gallons of jet fuel, diesel and gasoline, according to the NGO Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 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

Rising inflation, driven primarily by the cost of petrol and diesel, will push policymakers into an interest rate hike, analysts suggest.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

We made hundreds of trips to the big orange diesel tank.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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

He added that even after that, petrol and diesels cars would still be able to be sold second hand, saying a similar approach is being taken in countries such as Germany, France and Spain.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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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