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Oil Keeps Rising and Diesel Hits $6 a Gallon as Middle East Tensions Mount

Oil Keeps Rising and Diesel Hits $6 a Gallon as Middle East Tensions Mount
NYT Business Friday 11 September 2026, 07:50 UTC By Gregory Schmidt 1 min read
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Prices for the fuel jumped to a new high over mounting fears that the fighting between the United States and Iran could expand into a full-scale war.

Prices for the fuel jumped to a new high over mounting fears that the fighting between the United States and Iran could expand into a full-scale war.
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