gallon
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The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.47 on Friday, up about 40 cents from a month ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Diesel prices are soaring—they eclipsed $6 a gallon in the U.S. for the first time last week and have kept climbing, hitting $6.45 on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Earlier this month, diesel prices climbed above $6 per gallon in the U.S. for the first time ever, and continues to climb.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The national average for one gallon of regular gasoline is up 16 cents from last week to $4.43, more than a dollar more than a year ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Emma came into the room with a stack of bowls, a half gallon of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and a scooper.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Nationally, U.S. golf courses applied about 531 billion gallons of water in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
By July it was 88%, and officials concede a gasoline shortfall of nearly 4 million gallons a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Direct on-site water consumption by data centers has been estimated at roughly 17 billion gallons annually.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
And every year billions of gallons of water have to be bought, and brought to L.A. from afar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It felt like I’d been holding in twelve billion gallons behind the sutures of my Lazarus Door scar.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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