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The money can pay for items like school buses and cargo handling equipment that replace older, dirtier diesel sources.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
However, a set of empty above-ground diesel storage tanks at a warehouse on North Fifth Street was blown over, the fire department said.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Jan Garrod said the cost of farming and trucking with the skyrocketing cost of diesel is almost too painful to think about.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Farm diesel prices have increased 46% since the end of February, the federation said.
—George Petras, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
However, a set of empty above-ground diesel storage tanks at a warehouse on North Fifth Street was blown over, the fire department said.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Jan Garrod said the cost of farming and trucking with the skyrocketing cost of diesel is almost too painful to think about.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Farm diesel prices have increased 46% since the end of February, the federation said.
—George Petras, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Diesel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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diesel
noun
die·sel
ˈdē-zəl 
-səl
1
2
: a vehicle (as a truck or train) driven by a diesel engine
3
: a fuel designed for use in diesel engines
Etymology
named for Rudolf Diesel 1858–1913 German engineer
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