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diesel

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


NOUN
locomotive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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On Monday, the price of unleaded fuel in Alderney was £2.30 per litre, and diesel was £2.58, making it one of the most expensive places to buy petrol in the British Isles.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“It is clear that the more you can do to save oil, especially diesel, especially jet fuel, the better we are off,” Dan Jørgensen, the EU’s energy commissioner, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

On the price side, refined products like diesel have seen surges on the order of 150%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Pakistan’s government has raised gasoline prices by 46% and diesel prices by nearly 90% from before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Then we’d run back to the diesel tank.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor