petrol
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The sale of new purely petrol or diesel cars is set to be banned from 2030.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
While UK refineries produce more than enough petrol to meet demand, they do not make enough diesel to meet the country's needs.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The price of petrol and diesel had been largely falling since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But the war in the Middle East, which started on 28 February, has added 59p to the average cost of a litre of diesel, or just under 40%, and 41p to the price of petrol.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Others hunted for hidden petrol and ship oil pockets, bucketing out the valuable fluid.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
There was Mrs. Spankham with a superb model of Westminster Abbey—its petrolling had been the greatest stroke in convincing the voters of the pure motives of the feminists.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
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