kerosene

Example Sentences

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Airlines have curtailed or suspend flights to the island for lack of kerosene.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

About 1.7 million households in England and Wales rely on kerosene for heating and hot water but, unlike gas and electricity, prices are not capped and are subject to volatility.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by more than 80%.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Rockefeller’s competitors didn’t see Standard Oil coming until they were buying kerosene from him.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

The next morning we were herded back to our own yard, into our house, where Mami was propped up on pillows nursing our new baby sister, and Papi, in the kitchen, installed a kerosene cookstove.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago