pump
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Prices at the gas pump are already touching their highest levels in years in the U.S. and could shoot higher when stocks run low.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He expects oil companies will take things slow and steady—perhaps not great news for Americans dealing experiencing pain at the pump or investors focused on near-term trades, but comforting for shareholders.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
At the pump, gasoline tops $4.50 a gallon on average nationally.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The result of all these factors is that the price that drivers see at the pump mostly reflects the global price of crude, plus a stack of domestic costs, only some of which are inefficient.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
It is easy to think that new knowledge comes from new types of apparatus—Galileo’s telescope, Boyle’s air pump, Newton’s prism—not from new intellectual tools.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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