gasoline

Example Sentences

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Electricity-powered high-speed rail and electric vehicles have partly stepped into the roles of short-haul flights and gasoline cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond