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diesel

[dee-zuhl, -suhl] / ˈdi zəl, -səl /
NOUN
diesel engine
Synonyms


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Higher crude prices raise the cost of diesel, gasoline, cooking fuel, transport and food, while governments have limited fiscal room to cushion the blow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's energy minister Vicente de la O Levy has said.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Even if oil companies passed on the whole savings to consumers, national average gas and diesel prices would drop only about 4%.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

The average price of a gallon of diesel in the United States is up around 50 percent since the start of the war, according to the AAA motor club.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Mike Haley, the diesel mechanic, comes by in the afternoon like he promised when I found his number in the book.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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