gasoline
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Rising demand for Nigeria’s crude and refined products has boosted the country’s wider economy, supporting its currency and limiting rising gasoline prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
“The damage that has been caused until now is the result of a management crisis, not of a gasoline crisis,” Khodorkovsky said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
Amid the new abundance of targets, the gasoline refineries remain Russia’s Achilles’ heel, economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
Seven & i Holdings raised its annual guidance after the war-driven surge in gasoline prices boosted earnings at its North American convenience-store business, sending quarterly net profit higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
According to McGrayne, as late as February 2001 Ethyl continued to contend "that research has failed to show that leaded gasoline poses a threat to human health or the environment."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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