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Recent Examples of gas
Noun
While Trump has been a vocal supporter of conventional oil & gas companies, Harris has sided with renewable energy companies. Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 This city’s first oil reservoir was built on the lake’s shores in the 19th century; now nearly half of Azerbaijan’s GDP and more than 90 percent of its export revenue come from oil and gas. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Airplanes bombed and gassed villages, and tens of thousands of Libyans were marched to concentration camps, where torture and starvation were common. Robert F. Worth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2017 Her documentary is full of Black men laughing and leaping at casual pool parties, showing off, and gassing one another up. Zaire Love, The New Yorker, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for gas 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gas
Noun
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Some places on Jupiter have winds of more than 400 mph (about 640 kilometers per hour), about three times faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Earth.
    Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Shifting and variable winds give the deer the advantage.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Given Heretic’s clear joy in kicking around ideas, this is frustrating.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The sea continues to be the source of several profitable opportunities, including tourism and energy.
    Devika Rao, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Perhaps that’s why Sedona attracts such a strong enclave of New Age spiritual devotees searching for metaphysical energy in the vortexes allegedly sprinkled throughout its buttes and spires.
    Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In the food court, knots of women are chatting in Yiddish, one of them celebrating a grandmother’s birthday.
    Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
  • On a Wednesday in October, the two sat chatting in the library inside GM's Saarinen Design Center located at the company's Global Technical Center in Warren.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Since then, warming temperatures have taken a toll.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The palate is rich, oily, and full-bodied, with a long, warming finish.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • There will be copious mugs of hot chocolate and treats, available for both kids and sweet-toothed adults.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Goodnow Farms Dark Chocolate The floral green Sichuan peppercorns in this velvety treat are more aromatic than numbing, highlighting the herbaceous Peruvian cacao.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The firm has been betting on the South with even greater vigor since 2021, when Morali became CEO and Nicole was made president.
    Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Neither are refuted or corrected with the same vigor and enthusiasm seen when the seed of scandal is first set.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024

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“Gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gas. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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