gasoline
noun
gas·o·line
ˈga-sə-ˌlēn 
ˌga-sə-ˈlēn,
also -zə-
variants
or less commonly gasolene
: a volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel especially for internal combustion engines and usually blended from several products of natural gas and petroleum
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Average gasoline prices in Baltimore have risen 9.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.44 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 663 stations in Baltimore.
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Megan Rodgers, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
The July Energy Price Data from the California Center for Jobs and the Economy reveals California’s absurd energy costs: Number 1 in residential electricity rates, Number 1 in commercial electricity rates, Number 1 in cost of gasoline, and Number 1 in the cost of diesel.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024
Garcia blasted California’s gasoline prices, its homelessness crisis, housing costs that are about double the national average.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Last month, Michigan’s average price hit a high for the year, $3.81 a gallon, and last week, the Environmental Protection Agency temporarily lifted restrictions on the sale of certain gasoline blends in Michigan and three other Midwestern states to ease supply issues that sent prices soaring.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
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Megan Rodgers, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
The July Energy Price Data from the California Center for Jobs and the Economy reveals California’s absurd energy costs: Number 1 in residential electricity rates, Number 1 in commercial electricity rates, Number 1 in cost of gasoline, and Number 1 in the cost of diesel.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024
Garcia blasted California’s gasoline prices, its homelessness crisis, housing costs that are about double the national average.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Last month, Michigan’s average price hit a high for the year, $3.81 a gallon, and last week, the Environmental Protection Agency temporarily lifted restrictions on the sale of certain gasoline blends in Michigan and three other Midwestern states to ease supply issues that sent prices soaring.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
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gasoline
noun
gas·o·line
ˈgas-ə-ˌlēn
ˌgas-ə-ˈlēn
: a flammable liquid produced usually by blending products from natural gas and petroleum and used especially as a fuel for engines
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