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gallon

[gal-uhn] / ˈgæl ən /


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By then, a gallon of gas averaged around $4.50, according to AAA.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

The giant US retailer steered much of the benefit from US tariff refunds towards investments to attract inflation-strapped customers, who faced gasoline prices above $4 a gallon for much of the quarter.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The conflict has caused gas prices in the US to spike to above $4 a gallon, a painful hike to any US business that relies on transport.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

While for oil majors the extraordinary margins are boosting earnings, for consumers they mean higher prices at the pump; the U.S. average gasoline price topped $4 a gallon this year, from $3.16 a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Dan gave Brian a long-sleeved shirt and then threw up “what seemed a gallon of ash,” he remembered.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The proposed center in Nodaway County, about 40 miles from here, would use municipal wastewater in a closed-loop cooling system that, according to the project website, requires an initial 1.5 million gallons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The equipment enables the A400M to carry more than 5,000 gallons of water, all of which can be released in a single gravity-drop maneuver and refilled in about 10 minutes back on the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Their individual payloads of more than 1,000 gallons of water are then dumped onto the flames below.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

When 17 million gallons of water poured out of a broken water main under Sunset Boulevard into downhill neighborhoods in West Hollywood, family businesses and residents’ cars and personal items were in the flood zone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Though the heart weighs less than a can of soup, a healthy heart pumps two thousand gallons of blood each day.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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