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  • After waiting weeks for an appointment, Fertig learned that the diesel-powered Sprinters required separate inspection and another appointment.

    Back In Black Maureen Farrell 2010

  • After waiting weeks for an appointment, Fertig learned that the diesel-powered Sprinters required separate inspection and another appointment.

    Back In Black Maureen Farrell 2010

  • Customer preference in India is fast shifting to diesel-powered cars as the fuel is cheaper than gasoline.

    Maruti Suzuki in Fiat Engine Deal Anirban Chowdhury 2012

  • If all diesel-powered commercial vehicles were converted to natural gas tomorrow, the price of diesel fuel would fall to below that of unleaded gas within six months.

    Trucking With America's Relatively Cheap Natural Gas 2011

  • China's first aircraft carrier, a diesel-powered vessel, is expected to be deployed this year or next.

    Asia's New Arms Race Amol Sharma 2011

  • One area of scrutiny is the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex's back-up diesel-powered generators, which are below ground level and housed in secure rooms.

    Plant's Design, Safety Record Are Under Scrutiny Norihiko Shirouzu 2011

  • As if there weren't't enough to admire, Desi drives around in a diesel-powered Toyota fueled exclusively by the vegetable oil left over from the property's kitchen.

    Joseph Satto: Slow Food, Caribbean Style Joseph Satto 2011

  • As if there weren't't enough to admire, Desi drives around in a diesel-powered Toyota fueled exclusively by the vegetable oil left over from the property's kitchen.

    Joseph Satto: Slow Food, Caribbean Style Joseph Satto 2011

  • The toastie-maker goes in a cupboard in the summer, but in generator season, it stays on the worktop, dripping little puddles of cheese and bringing crispy, melted, diesel-powered joy to both of us, and now to our little daughter too.

    Family life 2011

  • Castilla will be built over 15 years, eventually reaching six 350-megawatt coal-fired units and two 127-megawatt backup diesel-powered units, for a total installed capacity of 2,354 megawatts, or 20% of Chile's central power grid, which supplies power to 90% of the population.

    Chile Approves Power Plant Anthony Esposito 2011

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