diesel
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The average price of diesel was 142.38p a litre.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The federal gas tax sits at 18.4 cents a gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents a gallon for diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
But while the price of diesel at the pump had fallen to its lowest since the start of last month, he added: "it should really be much lower than it is".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The government says it has run out of diesel and fuel oil needed to power the generators that supplement the electricity production of its dilapidated power plants.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The observation train was, at that moment, just rumbling behind Harry Rantz’s house, the smoke from its diesel engines streaming out ahead of it in the brisk wind.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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