diesel fuel

Example Sentences

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Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

People have to eat, so they’ll have to swallow hard when paying more at the grocery store due to more expensive diesel fuel and fertilizer costs.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Across many counties of the fertilizer-strapped southeast, diesel fuel costs have risen by more than 50%.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Prices for diesel fuel and finished motor gasoline were both up sharply, buoyed by the steep rise in crude energy products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

It smelled salty, and a bit like diesel fuel.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos