How to Use diesel in a Sentence
diesel
noun- Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
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From 2030 the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Oct. 2021
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The tanker, which had a small amount of diesel on board, caught fire.
—Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 July 2022
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The air smelled of diesel smoke, and the passengers sat cheek-by-jowl.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
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The mass arousal seemed to be triggered by the smell of diesel and the noise of revving engines.
—Ruxandra Guidi, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2021
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By 2030, the British government plans to end the sale of new gas and diesel cars.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2021
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However, none of this means the U.S. will run out of diesel.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2022
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The AfD is the party that speaks to those wanting to stick to diesel cars and gas boilers.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
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Aaron Kaufman's car, Old Smokey, set the diesel record two years ago.
—Gregory Leporati, Ars Technica, 10 July 2022
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And many won’t survive high diesel prices, Kiswani said.
—John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
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Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
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Compared with six months ago, the price of bread has tripled, the price of rice has tripled, the prices of petrol and diesel have more or less tripled.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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At the same time prices of diesel are soaring, farmers are burning more of it.
—Evan Halper, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
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The law envisions a total ban on the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars by 2035.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
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The district hauled out a diesel generator that ran for hours while the bus charged.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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Britain has already decreed the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars must end by 2030.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
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There will also be no diesel engines used to propel the boat.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2021
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That’s true even though diesel trucks make up just a small percentage of the vehicles on the road.
—Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
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Over the past few weeks, its petrol and diesel prices have skyrocketed.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2021
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New drilling permits had been in the works for a while, and the Tories haven’t nixed their commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
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At the pump, diesel prices in Britain are up more than 35 percent over the last 12 months, according to the RAC, a motorists’ club.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
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The 600-amp flashlight jumps engines up to eight liters and diesel engines up to two liters three times from a full charge.
—Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2021
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The district fell back on their diesel vehicles to get students to class that week.
—Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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Gasoline and diesel prices have hit record highs in parts of Europe and the United Kingdom, too.
—Charles Riley and Kevin Liptak, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
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Katie’s car is a vintage Benz, a diesel, and its engine chugs loudly.
—Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
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Gasoline and diesel futures each dropped more than 12%.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2021
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And a truck on a — with a large tank, large gasoline or diesel capacity, can go up to 2,000 miles.
—NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
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Users will be able to choose between gas, diesel, hybrid, and electric (EV).
—Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Sep. 2022
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No injuries were reported, and 75 gallons of diesel were recovered, the post reads.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
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Cheaper oil is generally good for consumers and businesses that use gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
—Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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