gas
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Energy companies’ trading arms tend to benefit from swings in prices and Shell said it continues to expect a strong performance from its oil and gas traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Japan and South Korea are using more coal to replace scarce and expensive oil and gas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate for the second time this year last month, judging the surge in oil and gas prices to be too strong to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Adura has previously said that if approval comes soon, Jackdaw could start delivering gas to UK homes by this winter as the construction is "99% complete".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
When we stop for gas, it doesn’t turn back on.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The industrial gases company wants to grow net earnings per share by a compound annual growth rate of 10% over the period while targeting a 400 to 600 basis point improvement in its margin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The United States is the world's second-biggest emitter of planet-heating gases.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Both conventional and botanical cleaning products generated complex multiphase exposure scenarios involving reactive gases and secondary organic aerosol.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
India is the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases and facing a sharp rise in electricity demand, which has grown at a compounded rate of over 7% every year.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Their bodies gave off noxious odors, too, gases so strong they made my eyes water.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The industrial gasses company said Monday that it wants to grow net earnings per share by a compound annual growth rate of 10% over the period, from the 6.1 euros it reported for 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The gas detected in the atmosphere is helium, which would not be able to support life, but other gasses may also be present.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The flights will be used to conduct various studies and to sample atmospheric gasses and measure land and water surfaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 27, 2025
After the regulator freezes the C02 out, the oxygen and nitrogen are still gasses, but they're —75°C. If the regulator fed that back to my air without reheating it, I'd be a Popsicle within hours.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Fitness is next: He looked a little gassed against Zverev, and admitted as much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I’m not sure why Taylor picked such a rundown place to film, but I’m gassed about it,” said Hogg, 24.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
He uploaded his first song, Plethora, to TiKTok in 2019 and was "gassed" when it received 1,000 plays in a day.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
With Ohtani clearly gassed, Roberts called in Anthony Banda, who allowed the two inherited runners to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
And I gotta admit that while today had been the pits so far, I couldn't help but be a little gassed about the fact that I was chosen for the anchor.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
Charging may require a bit more time than gassing up, but it’s a chance to catch up on news and email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some travelers say they can’t afford not to travel, however, so they’re putting all options on the table — from booking rail tickets to gassing up their cars.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
Last week, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights urged a halt to the execution, saying that gassing Smith could amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights law.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
The officers approached Castellano while he was gassing up his truck at a busy Safeway service station in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
They idled at a stoplight, and Kendra stared at an overweight woman gassing up her minivan.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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