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 cost of diesel fuel for tractors and other farm machinery is also rising, leading farmers to cut whatever costs they can from their budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Fakhreddine said they "stored some food supplies and diesel fuel for electricity generators, as a precaution in case, God forbid, the war returns again."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The engine was operating at full power on diesel fuel, and, Zeitoun realized in an instant, was generating all the electricity used for the station and the makeshift jail.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers