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The energy cap sets a maximum price for each unit of gas and electricity, not the total bill, so a household's final bill depends on what they use.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Along with high gas prices in the U.S., shoppers in Europe and the Middle East have been especially pressured, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We have to understand that we're heading for catastrophe if we don't bend the curves" of greenhouse gas emissions, Jouzel said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
These leaks, which include several maps, video from a gas station and a car wash, come just days before the game is set to have an exclusive preview on Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Just before 8:30 a.m., barely a half hour outside of Vancouver, they pulled off to stop for gas and food.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
While that is helping bring down emissions of climate-warming gases, it has also made firms more vulnerable to power cuts.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Alongside greenhouse gases, gas plants emit fine particulate matter, linked to a range of heart and lung problems; nitrogen oxides, which aggravate respiratory disease; and hazardous air pollutants including mercury, formaldehyde and benzene.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Such clues can include ancient eruption deposits, volcanic craters, rising or sinking ground, and escaping gases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
No one knew what would happen if their very hot exhaust gases touched my suit.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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
It is thought the premises in Cresswell Crescent were being refurbished and a generator released toxic gasses.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
Unlike visible light, radio waves from hot gasses are not blocked that easily by cosmic dust.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 27, 2025
Scientists have provided strong evidence that the dynamic behind this is an increase of greenhouse gasses from human industry that trap heat, cooking the oceans to extreme levels that cause greater evaporation.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
Then the enthusiasm of the Grail had burned the bad gasses of the air into a short-lived beauty.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
“I’m not sure why Taylor picked such a rundown place to film, but I’m gassed about it,” said Hogg, 24.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
He uploaded his first song, Plethora, to TiKTok in 2019 and was "gassed" when it received 1,000 plays in a day.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
He was also making his 11th appearance of the postseason, only days removed from a rocky Game 2 outing in which he looked gassed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
I was psyched, I'm talking totally gassed about this.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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
Last week, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights urged a halt to the execution, saying that gassing Smith could amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights law.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
But Ella's family didn't believe in gassing you up.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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