gas up
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“It’s about conserving gas and also trying to make sure I end up in a neighborhood where I can gas up for a sane price,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The UN climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, acknowledges there will be a role for some oil and gas up to 2050 and beyond.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
I can see how it must feel, as the Yakima commissioner said, that lawmakers are putting “a cost on simply existing,” I, too, wince when I gas up my car.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024
“Let’s be prepared - secure items that could become airborne, gas up your car, have cash and bottled water on hand,” officials said in a post on the social media platform X.
From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023
When he dropped the grenade, our movement would churn the gas up into the air, and we would see how effective the masks were.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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