diesel engine
Example Sentences
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The batteries will have about as much capacity as 200 Tesla Model 3s, and a 500-mile range without using the diesel engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
"I feel like I'm more of a diesel engine sometimes where I need to get going first, then at some point I'll start playing good tennis. I have to play a preparation tournament."
From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026
The train ride — a one-eighth scale model of a diesel engine — first arrived at Descanso Gardens as a seasonal attraction in the 1980s, and became a permanent feature in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
On weekdays in winter, when their boat is stationary, the Boat Time YouTubers idle their diesel engine for about an hour a day to supply enough electricity.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023
They could hear the diesel engine out on the road, running on God knows what.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
