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kerosene

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


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Airlines—currently second in the demand-destruction stakes, the IEA says—will buy more kerosene.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The two are both forms of kerosene and are essentially similar.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The EU says it is not facing shortages yet, but it is readying for the worst -- and weighing options including using US kerosene as a back-up.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

John D. Rockefeller was 24 in 1863 when he invested in the emerging new technology of distilling crude into kerosene.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Ugwu came in and picked up the kerosene stove that he did not need and thought of Professor Ekwenugo’s long tapering nail.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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