gasoline

Example Sentences

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The price of gasoline rose an ugly 7% and has climbed 40.5% over the last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

May's consumer inflation data showed energy prices had risen 23.5 percent over the same time last year, with gasoline rising by 40.5 percent.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Rather, he expects high oil prices to manifest into even higher prices for gasoline, jet fuel and other petroleum products.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s assuming gasoline prices, which have ticked down in June, don’t accelerate again on renewed conflict in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He emptied the last drops of rainwater from a gasoline container on the mushroom, wetting the bulging toes sticking out of his sons’ sandals, which were already coming apart around his endlessly growing feet.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat