guzzler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But if you are used to paying low premiums for an older gas guzzler, you might get sticker shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Switching from an SUV to using a new, direct, and protected bike lane might seem like a no-brainer—why not leave the hulking gas guzzler in the garage, if you can?—but it can take effort.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2024
With gasoline consumption having topped out in the U.S., the world's top gas guzzler, in 2019 and China set to peak around next year, global gasoline markets could move into a surplus from 2025.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2023
“We have to be cognizant of maintenance and sustainment considerations with tanks, and certainly we know that the Abrams tank, in addition to being a gas guzzler, is quite challenging to maintain,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Where have you been all this time, you guzzler?
From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron
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