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kerosene

[ker-uh-seen, kar-, ker-uh-seen, kar-] / ˈkɛr əˌsin, ˈkær-, ˌkɛr əˈsin, ˌkær- /


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This will be held as inventory and used over the summer, with kerosene production set to rise by up to 20%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

"We're on the hydrocracking unit, a conversion unit that will allow us to maximize the production of diesel and kerosene for road and aviation fuels," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Across the UK, 1.5m homes are heated by oil, usually a kind of kerosene burned in a boiler to heat water for radiators and hot water.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Julian wants to destroy the unfinished Christophers, but can’t bring himself to douse the canvases in kerosene and light the match.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

“That there’s the big top,” he says, lifting the kerosene lamp and waving a crooked finger at the great rolls of canvas.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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