gallon
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As of Thursday, the U.S. gas price averaged $4.06 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
California Chevron stations have the highest prices of any brand, averaging $6.34 per gallon in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was about $4.11 on Friday, up from $2.98 at the start of the conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
U.S. retail prices of gasoline and diesel averaged $4.11 a gallon and $5.35 a gallon, respectively, on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead they’re scouring the house for empty gallon jugs to bring to the desalination machines.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Its firefighting fleet also includes Dash 8 water-bombing planes, which can drop more than 2,600 gallons of water or fire retardant.
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
But that’s the reality for much of the underground network of pipes that deliver more than 400 million gallons of water daily to customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
On a per-mile basis, Big Boy 4014 uses around 250 gallons of water and 15 gallons of fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Two gallons of discount-store red punch and tiny paper cups are arranged in a lovely display next to the plate of generic black-and-white cookies.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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