How to Use diesel in a Sentence
diesel
noun- Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
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Or if a data center powers up its diesel backup generators — sometimes dozens — the fumes could affect sensitive groups.
— Lindsay Muscato, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The Obama administration promoted it as a cleaner alternative to coal and diesel, an energy source to rely on until more wind and solar could come online.
— Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2024 -
The air smelled of diesel smoke, and the passengers sat cheek-by-jowl.
— Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023 -
However, none of this means the U.S. will run out of diesel.
— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2022 -
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 -
Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
— Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023 -
At the same time prices of diesel are soaring, farmers are burning more of it.
— Evan Halper, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022 -
The law envisions a total ban on the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars by 2035.
— Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023 -
The district hauled out a diesel generator that ran for hours while the bus charged.
— Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023 -
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 -
The district fell back on their diesel vehicles to get students to class that week.
— Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Katie’s car is a vintage Benz, a diesel, and its engine chugs loudly.
— Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024 -
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 -
Portable gas heaters run on propane, kerosene, or diesel.
— Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024 -
Rice is becoming harder to find in Haiti and diesel costs about $25 a gallon, Wine said.
— Erika Angulo, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024 -
Yes, the peppy little inline-five diesel purrs to life easily on the first crank.
— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024 -
The engine is a 13 L diesel with two-stage turbocharging and a 13-speed transmission.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023 -
Gas stations ran out of diesel, meaning snowplows couldn’t clear roads as more snow falls.
— Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2023 -
The trains can operate on either straight-up diesel or biodiesel made from rape seed oil, and there are about 500 of them in service.
— New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Wood Mackenzie’s estimates, the price of a barrel of diesel will average $40 for the first three months of this year.
— Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023 -
Running a diesel generator cart results in a lot of waste heat and noise.
— Robin Warner, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024 -
Over the last two decades, the state has spent or allocated $1.2 billion to clean its aging diesel school bus fleet.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024 -
But with an inferno on one side and treacherous waves, spilled diesel and a reef on the other, there are fears that the sea was no safe place.
— Bill Weir, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023 -
In response, Europe and the UK have sought diesel supplies from other markets.
— Prejula Prem, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Electric cars are now cheaper than gas or diesel over their lifetime and will soon be just as cheap to buy upfront.
— WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023 -
Miguel and Rufino Garcia Rivera, 28 and 36, collapsed on the floor of a desert greenhouse not far away that reeked of diesel and pesticide fumes.
— Paige St. John and Marisa Gerber, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023 -
The regulations have triggered a run on diesel rigs as carriers add to their fleets ahead of the Jan. 1 bar against new diesel trucks at ports.
— Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023 -
The agency would also like to transition the state’s transit bus fleet from diesel to electric.
— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024 -
The rear of the van is where the couple work, sleep, watch television, and store various larger items, from winter gear to a diesel heater.
— Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 9 Feb. 2023
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