petrol
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Driving around Moscow this week two things catch the eye: patriotic announcements on giant billboards about Russian Flag Day…and giant petrol queues.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
At a petrol station in the south-east of Moscow, Svyatoslav has been queuing in his car for two hours.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"It was empty petrol stations all the way."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Outside one Moscow petrol station I count 80 vehicles waiting in line.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was extremely difficult to start, and he always had to unscrew the sparking-plug and pour petrol into the cylinder.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
There was Mrs. Spankham with a superb model of Westminster Abbey—its petrolling had been the greatest stroke in convincing the voters of the pure motives of the feminists.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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Ten Words from New York Times History - Japan Surrenders - August 14, 1945
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The Grand Escape
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