diesel fuel
Example Sentences
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The federal agents began dousing the machines in diesel fuel.
From New York Times
Alison Meyers, an Ecology response unit supervisor, said one of the locomotives was spilling diesel fuel and lube oil Thursday morning.
From Seattle Times
It was initially unclear how much diesel fuel leaked from the two locomotives that toppled.
From Seattle Times
Manufacturers like Daimler Truck, Volvo and Traton, a unit of Volkswagen, have said they are committed to producing vehicles that generate no tailpipe emissions, but trucks powered by diesel fuel still dominate the industry.
From New York Times
But snowplows were paralyzed in the cold, with the freezing temperatures turning the diesel fuel and hydraulics into gel, the tribe said.
From Seattle Times
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