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diesel engine

NOUN
engine heating diesel fuel by compression
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Reinstatement of the California waiver comes as the Biden administration proposed stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.

From Seattle Times

Australia currently has six aging submarines with diesel engines, and it was under contract to buy a dozen new ones from France.

From Los Angeles Times

A cacophony of chain saws, generators and pickaxes striking the soil competed with the rumbling of diesel engines of fire trucks lined up along the side of the road.

From New York Times

“Gas engines,” he said, “when it comes to the air fuel mix, are not as forgiving as a diesel engine.”

From New York Times

Earmarked money could also electrify a Port of Seattle cruise ship terminal, cutting emissions from docked ships running diesel engines, and help Aberdeen and Hoquiam build levees to halt flooding that has hurt their economies.

From Seattle Times