petrol
Example Sentences
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Some are filling their freezers, stocking up on water and petrol, or buying generators.
From Barron's
A firefighter and two petrol station employees were injured in Pattani province, the army said.
From Barron's
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.