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

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

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The semi also benefits from higher oil prices, which make diesel fuel for traditional trucks more expensive.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

He’s expecting the price of gas, along with diesel fuel and jet fuel, to remain elevated “for a while.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Even in the snowstorm it smelled of salt and tar and more faintly of diesel fuel and rotting lumber.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson