gasoline
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gasolines
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The country sells gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and is a top exporter of petrochemical feedstocks, such as ethylene, that are used for manufacturing plastics, packaging materials and other everyday goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A halt to gasoline and refined-product exports to Iran would be felt immediately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The giant US retailer steered much of the benefit from US tariff refunds towards investments to attract inflation-strapped customers, who faced gasoline prices above $4 a gallon for much of the quarter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Also read: Why are gasoline prices rising faster than oil prices?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Eventually his efforts led to the introduction of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and finally to the removal from sale of all leaded gasoline in the United States in 1986.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The new nonleaded gasolines, dealers complain, are selling at a leaden pace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Government regulations have phased out most leaded gasolines, but the residue from the exhausts of millions of vehicles in years gone by still poisons the soil near major highways.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coloring gasoline was started during the war when dyes were added to aviation fuels to distinguish them from motor car gasolines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.
From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer
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