petrol

Example Sentences

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The US typically produces "light, sweet" oil used to make petrol.

From BBC

The streets in my south-eastern suburb of the Venezuelan capital Caracas are quiet, besides the queues outside petrol stations, supermarkets and pharmacies.

From BBC

"We get a rise on our pension but it gets taken off you by food, petrol and everything else going up all the time so really you don't benefit," he said.

From BBC

There were also widespread protests in 2019, sparked by a sharp increase in the price of petrol.

From Barron's

The AA said that, since November, the wholesale cost of petrol has fallen more than 7p per litre but the average petrol pump price had fallen by just two-thirds of a penny.

From BBC