gasoline
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gasolines
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Although high gasoline and diesel prices drove about half of the September spike in inflation, "it's starting to spill into other areas," warned Heather Long, chief economist at the Navy Federal Credit Union.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He continues to expect sustained inflation risk from higher gasoline prices will prompt the central bank to lift its policy rate a quarter percentage point in October and in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In second-quarter earnings released Thursday, Seven & i reported strong profitability in its overseas convenience-store unit, as higher gasoline prices boosted its performance in North America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Average U.S. retail prices for regular gasoline were at $4.372 a gallon Friday, down from $4.225 a month ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Buoyed by the success of leaded gasoline, Midgley now turned to another technological problem of the age.
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
Best available high-test gasolines have an "octane rating" of 76.
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
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
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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