gas
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Nymex natural gas is up 1% at $3.201/mmBtu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
So much gas was released that some was sucked back into the engine rooms through ventilation shafts, triggering gas detector alarms.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Isaias strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday as it headed toward the US Gulf Coast, the US National Hurricane Center said, prompting mandatory evacuations and disrupting oil and gas production.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Even accounting for fishmeal and transportation to the U.S., the production of certain farmed fish, including tilapia and Atlantic salmon, emits less greenhouse gas per pound than beef or pork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Gasoline burst from the gas tank and went everywhere inside the car.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
But fabrication and assembly plant workers can face exposure to solvents, acids, toxic metals and chemical gases, according to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The gases then moved upward through the sediment and eventually reached microbes living near the seafloor that consumed methane.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
As part of a “dairy sustainability initiative,” the mandatory payments were funding efforts to “regenerate the environment,” reduce greenhouse gases and environmental impact, and support “energy audits.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Going into the New York sewer system is both illegal and dangerous, officials have said, cautioning that there is a risk of toxic gases and flooding in a confined space.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The industrial gasses company said Monday that it wants to grow net earnings per share by a compound annual growth rate of 10% over the period, from the 6.1 euros it reported for 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The gas detected in the atmosphere is helium, which would not be able to support life, but other gasses may also be present.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
We found the defects can make the graphene more "sticky" to other materials, making it more useful as a catalyst, as well as improving its capability of detecting different gasses for use in sensors.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 27, 2025
The regulator analyzes the air with spectroscopy, then separates the gasses by supercooling them.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Fitness is next: He looked a little gassed against Zverev, and admitted as much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
“We were gassed the first time because that was right after we played Loyola,” Mustangs setter Jake Newman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
While showing few outward signs of struggling with the foot blisters which troubled him in the quarter-finals, Djokovic regularly looked gassed against Sinner before finding further reserves to win in four hours and nine minutes.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
He went to the Great War, he was gassed, he’s big, he has a job, he makes the world laugh.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
"From the first round, I saw his gassing out. He started fast. I knew he was going to gas out. I knew when my chance came I needed to push. That is what I did."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Charging may require a bit more time than gassing up, but it’s a chance to catch up on news and email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some travelers say they can’t afford not to travel, however, so they’re putting all options on the table — from booking rail tickets to gassing up their cars.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
You’re onstage every night, people gassing you up — And if you’re not self-aware, that’ll just keep stacking up until your ego’s huge and you’re not the same person you were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
“Well don’t keep on gassing about it,” said Digory.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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