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propellants

noun

variants also propellents

plural of propellant

as in fuels

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Recent Examples of propellants Pressurized helium is routinely used in rockets to push propellants to engines and to help clean and dry tanks and propellant lines when needed. — William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026

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Step Back Dangote, the billionaire industrialist, has opposed imports since before his refinery began supplying fuels in 2024.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
These products can be used for liquid fuels, pharmaceuticals and other valuable products.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

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Pairing Swastika and Tenzin gives us two performers coming from very different cinematic and cultural energies, and that tension is part of what makes the film so exciting.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Lich, who was tried and convicted in connection with the protests and is still under house arrest, has shifted her energies to Alberta separatism.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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