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gasoline

[gas-uh-leen, gas-uh-leen] / ˌgæs əˈlin, ˈgæs əˌlin /


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California’s gasoline remains about 20% above pre-Iran war levels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The company continues to project comparable-club sales, excluding the impact of gasoline sales, to be up 2% to 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Spreads on gasoline, jet fuel and heating oil have also surged.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 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

According to McGrayne, as late as February 2001 Ethyl continued to contend "that research has failed to show that leaded gasoline poses a threat to human health or the environment."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2023

As of next January, the firm will change its name to Exxon Co., and in July its three gasolines will become Exxon, Exxon Plus and Exxon Extra.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buffalo, N.Y., started to phase out the sale of leaded gasolines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trouble is that the converter is eventually gummed up and rendered useless by the tetraethyl lead in present-day gasolines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.

From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer




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