diesel fuel
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
“At every stage, someone on a tractor or someone in a truck had to do something, and that is diesel. And diesel fuel is way up.”
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Prices for diesel fuel and finished motor gasoline were both up sharply, buoyed by the steep rise in crude energy products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
He’s expecting the price of gas, along with diesel fuel and jet fuel, to remain elevated “for a while.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
The engine was operating at full power on diesel fuel, and, Zeitoun realized in an instant, was generating all the electricity used for the station and the makeshift jail.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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