: a heavy flammable gaseous alkane C3H8 found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in chemical synthesis
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The man specifically targeted gas stations staffed by a single clerk, who his accomplice would lure away from the counter by asking about buying propane tanks, saying a credit card was stuck in a gas pump or spilling gasoline, prosecutors said.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Turning into the gravel driveway off Statesville Boulevard is a large, hard-to-miss propane tank that acts as a billboard with the company name painted on the side.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Bode and then an arriving Manny were left to deal with the gas station fire — including the fact that a teenage girl was trapped inside, and the discovery of a rack of propane tanks in the line of fire — until Vince, Jake, and Eve with Three Rock rolled up.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Apr. 2025
The rocket's nine engines, burning a mix of liquid propane and liquid oxygen, throttled up to generate more than 150,000 pounds (675 kilonewtons) of thrust as Spectrum began a vertical climb from the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Turning into the gravel driveway off Statesville Boulevard is a large, hard-to-miss propane tank that acts as a billboard with the company name painted on the side.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Bode and then an arriving Manny were left to deal with the gas station fire — including the fact that a teenage girl was trapped inside, and the discovery of a rack of propane tanks in the line of fire — until Vince, Jake, and Eve with Three Rock rolled up.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Apr. 2025
The rocket's nine engines, burning a mix of liquid propane and liquid oxygen, throttled up to generate more than 150,000 pounds (675 kilonewtons) of thrust as Spectrum began a vertical climb from the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Propane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propane. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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propane
noun
pro·pane
ˈprō-ˌpān 
: a heavy flammable gas found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in the chemical industry
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propane
noun
pro·pane
ˈprō-ˌpān
: a heavy flammable gaseous alkane C3H8 found in crude petroleum and natural gas and used especially as fuel and in chemical synthesis
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