gasoline
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Renewed tensions pushed up oil and gasoline prices for much of July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
More people drove electric vehicles instead of gasoline cars or took high-speed electric trains instead of domestic flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Households that have only begun to adjust to higher gasoline prices get hit with another increase in essential expenses.
From MarketWatch ● 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
I could smell gasoline on him, and something metallic.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Continental Oil Co. introduced four new "cleaner-air" gasolines for its Rocky Mountain marketing area.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buffalo, N.Y., started to phase out the sale of leaded gasolines.
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 Meyer, Robert B.
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