gasoline
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Households that have only begun to adjust to higher gasoline prices get hit with another increase in essential expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
A separate reading of sentiment from the University of Michigan earlier this month reported consumer sentiment improved as gasoline prices cooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Oil prices have shot back up since the end of the ceasefire, which affects a lot more than the price of gasoline.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
PNC Bank data also show that lower-income household spending, excluding gasoline, has accelerated this year, narrowing the gap with higher-income spending growth to the slimmest margin since 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
A good illustration of the histories of trial and error involved is furnished by the development of gunpowder and gasoline from raw materials.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The trouble is that the converter is eventually gummed up and rendered useless by the tetraethyl lead in present-day gasolines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Continental Oil Co. introduced four new "cleaner-air" gasolines for its Rocky Mountain marketing area.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reacting to charges that leaded gasolines are a prime source of air pollution, the Buffalo city council has adopted the nation's first anti-lead ordinance.
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 Meyer, Robert B.
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