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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




Example Sentences

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Workers at the three-million-square-foot New York market, the largest food-distribution center in the country, unload the celery and drive it into the city, paying for even more diesel along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Previously, they relied on expensive diesel pumps to bring the saline water to the surface.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Products refined from a barrel of crude oil include jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Truckers are struggling with sky-high diesel prices and higher aviation fuel prices have lifted airfares and even led to the closure of Spirit Airlines.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Then he heard on the road behind them what sounded like a diesel truck.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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