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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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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

To the extent that the war was a factor, it was in large part because of the spike in gasoline and diesel prices.

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

This week, its second stage is in force, restricting the use of diesel generators and burning of coal and firewood.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

There’s the natural gas in the fertilizer and the fossil fuel energy it takes to make the pesticides, the diesel used by the tractors, and the fuel needed to harvest, dry, and transport the corn.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

Pichetto Fratin said the government had ordered a review and update of regional anti-pollution plans, and that while this was pending, planned restrictions on Euro 5 diesels were temporarily suspended.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023

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

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen


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