| 单词 | fuel |
| 例句 | This is probably where they ran out of fuel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A living cell, like a flame, burns fuel to produce the energy on which life depends. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To Joel, sustainable organic farming means using this free solar energy instead of fossil fuel energy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Finding the names of those who arrested her husband was satisfying at first, but then it only fueled her rage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “The fuel finished on the road. I will find fuel and go back and get it,” Odenigbo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Heavy cans full of fuel for the planes were attached to her wings and stacked up in the rear cockpit, weighing down the little Po-2 so that skimming the treetops was even more hazardous. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She let the fear burn inside her like fuel, making her voice even stronger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I don't even have to perfectly match the hydrazine end of it with the fuel plant CO, part. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood was not so dry as the fuel they had used on the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Moreover, the city's Western sector had only a month's worth of food and fuel supplies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Klotz has just said, “I guess so. Thank you very much” in response to the controller’s question about their fuel state. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I could hitch a ride on an airship, siphon off its precious fuel, then sell it on the market or divvy it up to people who need it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Unnoticed by the townspeople, who were busy sweeping up glass and haggling over the price of the fuel, Will followed the bear-king up the gangway and aboard the ship. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Enough to take us around campus, at least. I really hope fuel comes in the next week, otherwise when we resume, I will have to walk to my lectures.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Even in the snowstorm it smelled of salt and tar and more faintly of diesel fuel and rotting lumber. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It would take place in cities as often as on battlefields, be fueled by ideas as much as by weapons, and engage cultures and economies as much as armies. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Someone else would be working steadily at filling fuel cans, and someone else would carry them out to the planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It could supply them with a ready-to-eat vegetable, a storable grain, a source of fiber, an animal feed, and heating fuel. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "Yeah. The Stage One booster works fine if one engine goes out. It'll save us a huge amount of weight. Only during the Stage One ascent, but still. Pretty good fuel savings." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “To save fuel,” she said, turning briefly to Jaja and me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "They needed a lot of velocity to close the gap in time. They used all the fuel they could spare to get going fast enough. But now they don't have enough fuel to slow down." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The harmless shimmy, caused by a minor fuel mixture imbalance, rattled the payload. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun has about five billion years of fuel left, but don’t let that make you complacent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Lucky for me I don't need a proper fuel reaction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The engine was operating at full power on diesel fuel, and, Zeitoun realized in an instant, was generating all the electricity used for the station and the makeshift jail. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Let me drop you. I have a little fuel.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Along with fuel, the driver buys more beer, and the Blazer rolls into Dallas about noon. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It flew abnormally high, at great cost of fuel, to ensure a smoother flight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It runs on fossil fuel and creates tons of waste and pollution. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He tossed the words out casually, which only added fuel to the fire still smoldering in her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mark was tired and hungry and weak, but he fought on, fueled by adrenaline alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Resourceful as always, the young women collected the remaining fuel from each of their twenty aircraft and distributed it between eight lucky planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve got gallons of water. Canned goods. Extra fuel. Candles. Matches. A flashlight. Behind back, I have a generator.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z By the light of a flash I could see a row of fuel drums mounted on racks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Musicologists love to wax on about the ambitious first movement of the Eroica symphony, mainly because it is unusually long and complex, and provides fuel for seemingly endless analysis and scholarly scrutiny. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I stole a gyropter. It ran out of fuel and I had to abandon it in the countryside not far from here. The rest of the way I walked.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The patriotic fervor that had engulfed the nation during World War I fueled the Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The rookie navigators might have been lost in the bad weather, or the rookie pilots might have run out of fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "When do we eat? My fuel cells are depleted." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Organic farmers generally use less fuel to grow their crops. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When he ran out of fuel the plane would start down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z As the plane taxied toward the operations tower where the family waited, a fuel truck sputtered into life by the hangar and rolled slowly toward the plane. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in America now convert their harvest into fuel. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And the hotter it is, the faster it will use up its fuel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s possible that Fischer’s broadcasts were the fuel that sparked the U.S. government to activate the decade-old charge against him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Had already attempted 2 circuits over field prior to passenger’s departure and found it dead tiring so I stayed overhead for half an hour to burn off fuel before a final attempt to land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z These motors would burn fuel mixed with oxygen carried in separate tanks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no free fuel for its aging factories, no guaranteed market for its often-shoddy goods, and no access to cheap, Soviet-made chemical fertilizers on which state farms had become dependent. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Drums had begun to beat, the fire was blazing fiercely, great long orange tongues consuming the fuel and thrusting upwards and sometimes outwards as if to engulf the watchers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled salty, and a bit like diesel fuel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It carried enough fuel to stay up for three hours, but its ejection seat was very uncomfortable and my backside got numb long before two hours had passed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As fuel was consumed, the ship got lighter, and the acceleration more pronounced. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Spectators were asked to help and many responded by chopping up fences and sidewalks, hoping to deprive the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z By this time, the rocket had used all its fuel, so we separated from it and floated to the moon in the weightlessness of space. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they called out the fire truck to accidents because they were afraid of fuel catching fire, or sometimes because they needed the crew to help carry someone on the backboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “What kind of fuel does a rocket use?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But hydrogen fusion cannot continue forever: in the Sun or any other star, there is only so much hydrogen fuel in its hot interior. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don’t provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Enrique flees from car to car, more than twenty in all, struggling to keep his footing each time he leaps from a hopper to a fuel tanker, which is lower and has a rounded top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We have to turn it into ethanol fuel for our cars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z ‘We have fuel, let’s go for a drive,” Aunty Ifeoma suggested. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Two women pass, carrying containers for water or fuel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Every inch of Mark’s skin is sweating, and his muscles ache from carrying the large containers of generator fuel from the emergency supply room on the thirtieth floor down to the boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope it’s got plenty of fuel and can get us all out of here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Pax smelled the war-sick’s sweat, their cordite, their motor fuel, their charred fields. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Well after midnight, west of Cancale, they run out of fuel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The smell of burning diesel fuel wafted through the salty air. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It took less than a day for the cause of the crash to be determined: “fuel exhaustion.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When, months later, Ifemelu had the fight with Blaine, she wondered if Shan had fueled his anger, an anger she never fully understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We were like a fire triangle, he was the oxygen, I was the flame, and together we made the fuel. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “If, yes. If is the question,” said Elinor, tapping the fuel gauge. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It warned them they had only half an hour before they ran out of fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z These laws resulted in inferior accommodations for blacks and served only to fuel the existing fear and hatred between blacks and whites. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As the first-stage fuel tanks emptied, the G forces increased and pushed us back into our contoured seats at five times our normal weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Three cars away, a boy, twelve or thirteen years old, has managed to grab the bottom rung of a ladder on a fuel tanker, but he cannot haul himself up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost 80 percent of the fuel burned is used to process food and move it around. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Useless without the precious oil that had once fueled them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Is that okay with you and your fuel? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was fueled purely by the desperate need to make something happen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She stood on the wheel of one of those World War One propeller planes, with a look of determination, as if fueled by miranium. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He threw some fuel on the fire and slumped down beside it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Back then, the Naylor farm produced more than two calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel energy invested. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A geyser of sparks erupts deep within a house—an electrical transformer or hoarded fuel or maybe a delayed-action bomb—and it looks to him as if lightning lashes the town from within. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Some built new mounds or maintained the old; others hauled wood for fuel and houses or carried water in leather pouches or weeded the maize fields with stone hoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So we mixed up a batch of what Brian called nuclear fuel, pouring different liquids into a can. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Next, he suggested that a firebreak could be created to contain the flames if several houses were blown up, thus depriving the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The people on the ground had really been helpful, especially in thinking up ways for us to save fuel after we had used so much in finding our first Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought I wouldn’t come because of the thirty dollars it would cost in fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It explained how stars could burn for billions of years without racing through their fuel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z No fossil fuels or added fertilizer or chemicals needed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Hate was like a fuel that drove him, kept him stumbling around in the darkness, picking up this and that inside the boat, slamming it down, swearing and hating, always hating. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of diesel fuel hung faintly over the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Think of the diesel fuel needed to truck all that salad to supermarkets across the country or to manufacture the plastic containers it’s packed in. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even if the zeros at the center of black holes don’t provide an easy way to travel through space, the zero of quantum mechanics provides an alternative: the zero-point energy might be the ultimate fuel. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The exodus continued, fueled by growing dismay in the Rad Lab at Lawrence’s refusal to oppose the oath. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I usually figured out that Barack had arrived home from a trip not by the sound of his helicopter but rather by the smell of its fuel, which somehow managed to permeate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The water itself was turgid, gray- green even on sunny days, oil slicked, and reeking of diesel fuel and seaweed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A steady stream of telltale clues fueled the Soviets' fears. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We opened at six a.m. to fuel the office workers with fresh pita and Turkish coffee thick enough to stand a spoon in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stop smiling, not even when he was describing the thermodynamics of the fuel for the Saturn rocket that would carry the command capsule and the LEM. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Hold on, Harry, this’ll do for ’em!” roared Hagrid, and Harry looked up just in time to see Hagrid slamming a thick finger into a green button near the fuel gauge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They burned a lot of fuel, and they used castor oil, which leaked and splattered all over the cockpit after a few flights. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Lyra was keen to know more about the witches, but the men had turned their talk to the matter of fuel and stores, and presently she grew impatient to see the rest of the ship. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Through the interpreter he ordered several men to fetch the fuel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Jon went to gather fuel, digging down under deadfalls for the drier wood beneath and peeling back layers of sodden pine needles until he found likely kindling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maybe its buoyancy was going, or maybe the fuel was running low, but either way it hadn’t taken off yet, and it gave him an idea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My anger fueled my hurried gait and the pounding thought that I would never be all good if I lost Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I half-wake each time we pull into a garage for fuel or stop to let passengers on or off. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t even care. The way Tremaine was seething in the background will fuel me for the rest of the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Sorry, it’s all I’ve got. Anyway, potassium chlorate is unstable under heat and pressure. It's too dangerous for rocket fuel. What do your parents think about the BCMA?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After the first, preliminary steps of oxidation have been performed in the cytoplasm the fuel molecule is taken into the mitochondria. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She indicated a fuel drum by the wall and a box of matches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z No. Nor did they bring up the issue of fuel again for another thirty-eight minutes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They had merely switched the fuel that moved the pistons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the plane ran out of fuel it would go down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Get your daily fuel requirement early in the day. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Iorek continued to build the fire, and made the children take two more trips down the path to ensure that there was enough fuel for the whole operation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The exhaust clouds up around us like steam, the fuel smell piercing the predawn blackness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Enola Gay was loaded with extra fuel and the bomb—fifteen thousand pounds more cargo than the B-29 was designed to carry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been the mixture of twisted vlei bushes and peat she used for fuel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As Elizebeth pointed out, that would mean “saving many thousands annually in fuel.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z No one was more surprised than Jerrie, and the announcement fueled her belief that she would someday go into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The fuel is butane or some other bottled gas which can be picked up anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad explained that they were taking the bulk of their profits and reconsecrating them to God in the form of supplies—food, fuel, maybe even a real bomb shelter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wanted me to show him what I could do, to be willing to fuel my abilities with the same kind of viciousness pumping through him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z They landed in the water at the same instant the Coral Queen’s fuel tank blew up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Now they’re piecing together how the fire spread through the offices full of paper fuel, pinning in Eduardo and the woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Very few of these stars are of the massive short-lived variety that squander their reserves of thermonuclear fuel. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They spend the next two hours scavenging the Lincoln Building, top to bottom, for food and fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z More LSTs were coming down the Slot between the islands to Bougainville bringing troops, ammo, and fuel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bergs, generators ... you think they have a ton of fuel stored here or are they bringing it in from somewhere else?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman pumped and adjusted the fuel gauge on one until it hissed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In late January islanders experienced a temporary fuel shortage and were made to turn their oil heaters down by order of the civilian defense commission. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am tired. I am so tired ...” “We have some emergency fuel reserves in the chaplaincy,” Father Amadi said quietly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I set the fire, waiting until everyone was up to light it so that no fuel would be wasted. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The fact that so many of the striking steelworkers were foreigners added fuel to the fire, something that the steel companies were quick to capitalize upon. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But now I know it’ll run pretty great as long as it has fuel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I actually don’t feel like drinking, but I hear Kyro’s voice in my head: Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z August 1: Now that we have fuel we have been going all out and our spirits are high. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Because of the proximity of rich supplies of fuel, the state became the center of big, fuel-intensive industries like steelmaking and chemicals. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I give the fuel tank a shake and the motor picks up for a time, but then it sort of fades away, oop-oop-oop, and makes a little clunk, and that’s it, no more outboard motor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Petersen’s store cut back on deliveries, citing fuel and labor shortages. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "The fuel plant can make seven hundred and eighty kilograms of fuel from that." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When the train makes a brief stop for fuel, we're allowed to go outside for some fresh air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It pleased the man that they need buy no more fuel. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z That they thrived on attention, and if you paid them no mind, you took away their fuel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It smells industrial, like jet fuel and cleaning products. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But the attackers had evidently thrown something inside that had contained its own fuel. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Of course, the situation was not by any means hopeless; the Ford was not damaged, simply out of fuel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The Sun’s stellar ash can be reused for fuel only up to a point. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their owners had simply no longer been able to afford fuel for them, so they’d just parked them and walked away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We spent weeks at the huge Shell Haven Refinery with a special instructor who taught us all about fuel oil and diesel oil and gas oil and lubricating oil and kerosene and gasoline. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z To save fuel, we had turned off our control system, which meant that we were slowly tumbling. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thirty-two metric tons including fuel," Martinez said, his hands flying over the controls. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z With long winters and high mountains, the country lacks arable land, denies incentives to farmers, and cannot afford fuel or modern farm equipment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But it was easier here with a heater in every room and plenty of fuel thanks to the free gas from the oil companies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You want to get started? Use a department car and fuel yourself at our pumps.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “They run out of kerosene after a while. When that happens, let them cool, fill the fuel chamber and turn them on again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Not so long before, the lighthouse keeper on Cuttyhunk had used dolphin fat to fuel his beacon, and I could not remember that without shrinking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I suppose he wanted to remove that last fuel tank, but I can’t imagine what possessed him to light his torch without first draining the fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Red flames billowed out, surrounded by black smoke from the burning jet fuel. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Not because of the perfect landing, but because he left so much fuel behind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The stove did them little good anyway because they could not afford firewood to fuel it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Once it lands here, they'll ditch the heat shield, all the life support stuff, and a bunch of empty fuel tanks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that in the long run, that was about as useful as duct-taping over your car’s fuel gauge so you won’t run out of gas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember how the MAV made its own fuel with help from the Martian atmosphere? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He smoked a Cuban cigar while the plane was being fueled. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Oxygen-rich air was sucked into the column at the base, where it mixed with the burning fuels and also rose, twisting and whirling around as it did. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the Populist movement initially enjoyed remarkable success in the South, fueled by a wave of discontent aroused by the severe agrarian depression of the 1880s and 1890s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the system only works as long as fossil fuel energy is cheap. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I tell them this is where the fuel is coming from, the steel too. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At other times we either missed it altogether or used up too much fuel reaching it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about that, old son? Is that rocket fuel or what?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There rested a cardboard container, inside it a spare fuel pump for his car. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The sounds of machinery went up a notch, and a wave of heat poured from the space within, along with the stench of burning fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A shipbroker is a kind of enormous shopkeeper for ships, and by far the most important item he supplies to them is the fuel on which the ship’s engines run. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “That would only add fuel to the flames.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He got hit a lot, too, but he was a superhero and the snow just fueled his powers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He bought several tanks of fuel and some stores, and set off up the swollen river. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could have finished faster, but I figured caution's best when setting fire to rocket fuel in an enclosed space. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we left our apartment, my mother had me help her drag out the pieces of our furniture we hadn't used as fuel to the balcony and push them over the railing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then we would use the Agena’s fuel and rocket power to boost us into a higher orbit, where we would find the second Agena, which had been in orbit for four months. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel’s force, the squadron of gyropters and the zeppelin fuel tanker, had reached the opening between the worlds: the breach in the sky above Svalbard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If a train stops even briefly, they crouch by the tracks, cup their hands, and steal sips of water from shiny puddles tainted with diesel fuel. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I was nearly out of stove fuel and down to a single chunk of cheese, my last package of Ramen noodles, and half a box of Cocoa Puffs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Wello complained, but I was secretly relieved; if there had been fuel, the rebels would have taken those barges for their own use, controlling the Congo or launching attacks on the riverside towns. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Valentina guessed that the mechanics back home must have failed to top up the fuel tanks after testing the engines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Soon it began to slow, losing energy with every ounce of blood—or fuel—it lost. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then I fuel the fire of your most secret vanity. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouldering her pack, she wandered through the grasses in search of fuel, a much less exciting assignment. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The meat, crisp and split, ignited into a small flame, which found new fuel in the spots of grease upon the stove. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fine, even necessary to fuel the brainiacs through late-night studying marathons. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For example, someone in a position of authority decided the Pe-2s of the 125th Guards would be able to carry a heavier load of bombs if the planes carried less fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z This left Japan—a nation with few natural resources—with barely enough fuel to survive another year. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After storing her fuel she returned to the kill to cut off more strips to smoke. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were the fuel system, the engine would turn and chug, but not start. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In some cases, he simply would not have enough fuel to change his orbit enough to catch the lunar module. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This equilibrium cannot last forever; the star has only a limited amount of hydrogen fuel to burn. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then that smell of jet fuel, that smell that welcomed me before, and leis and the scratchy blanket wrapped twice around me, and why does the window seat matter when the shades are drawn closed? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That winter she burned the excess copies for fuel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You didn’t have to pay for tuition or for fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Spacecraft that could travel at light speed were rare, and they required fuel to operate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In those days fuel meant only one thing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing the firemen or citizens of Chicago did seemed to stop the fire’s insatiable quest for fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Turns out it weren’t nothing crucial, just a loose connection on the fuel line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “This fuel is damp,” he muttered from behind the stove. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mechanics rolled up their sleeves and sharpened their eyes; a broken piston, an improperly locked shoulder harness, a faulty fuel tank light, any one of these could cost lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The rarity of Seabiscuit’s public appearances fueled rumors that the horse was unsound, rumors that were reinforced by the horse’s choppy gait. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their task was to choose the most effective method for producing the fissionable fuel for an atomic bomb from among five options, none of which was appreciably better than the others. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I can see how our words are like fuel that incites him further. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I tried not to stare at the fuel gauge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, one night after a bombing mission, their aircraft got stuck at their intermediate airfield without food and low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z German prisons everywhere were absolutely full, and there was no longer any food for the prisoners to eat, and no longer any fuel to keep them warm. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If you burn through your fuel, you will also crash. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z North Korea has no oil, and its economy has never been able to generate enough cash to buy sufficient fuel or food on the world market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z While Min always stayed at the kiln during the crucial first stages of warming and adding more fuel, he usually went home after the openings had been sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z "I see. And what does seven hundred and eighty kilograms of fuel buy us?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was grown without the help of fossil fuels, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There, they would be able to collect flour, sugar, and other provisions, as well as explosives and fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "For every kilogram of hydrogen, it can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. Watney has five hundred and fifty liters of water. We'll have him electrolyze it to get sixty kilograms of hydrogen." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Shawn suggested we use torches to cut the iron, but Dad said it would be too slow and cost too much in fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Depends on how much fuel we want to save for attitude adjustments on the trip home." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Early on Wednesday morning, I built a fire in the metal trash barrel in the backyard, fueled by my school papers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On stormy nights, air traffic controllers hear pilots talking about running out of fuel all the time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At times, to fuel his artistic euphoria, Dr. Lange would open a crate to admire a panel from the precious Amber Room, savoring the experience as others would enjoy a vintage bottle of brandy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The potters took turns using the kiln and keeping up the supply of fuel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I stare at the flames wrapping around the fragments of wood that fuel them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It usually took Chacko between eight and ten days to assemble the aircraft, with its tiny fuel tank and motorized propeller. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus love fuels war, turning it into an inferno whose heat and smoke rise to the heavens. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The yellow fox was more skilled, but Pax’s fighting was fueled by an instinct to protect. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "I don't know if maneuvering fuel will last." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few more times shuttling loads of food and fuel up to their camp, they finally hauled up the drowned girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With bullet holes in their fuel tanks, they’d found a friendly Soviet airfield to land on. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Park stayed awake for another hour or so, fueled by Coke and hurt feelings. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His eyes burned with fire, fueled by lack of sleep. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire that had kept Seabiscuit frustrated and unruly now fueled a bounding will to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each new facility the laboratory built fueled the demand for specialization among its professionals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The fuel requirement is nearly identical for the orbits and is well within the capacity of EagleEye's booster. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he just fueled my desire to succeed even more. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When we were about a mile from home, my dad noticed that the fuel light on the dashboard was blinking, so we stopped to get gas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve got fuel and water stored away. What we don’t got is money.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He smells of burning things, hair and meat and fuel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Our server reports it will not just be for a fuel stop—some part has malfunctioned and must be replaced. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In North America this kind of warfare was fueled by the desire to seek not just a military victory but also the complete annihilation of Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I could not wrap my head around why anyone would want to harm innocent people, or understand how hatred could fuel such violence. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He thinks: The universe is full of fuel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z None of us cared about money, as long as we had food and fuel and boots in the winter. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Please. I don’t have enough fuel for more fires,” she begged. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “For one thing, I’m going to use it to fuel our lessons and power our learning.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I thought you might need some fuel for our walk,” he said as he handed me the presents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Rocket fuel burns in the engine and is sent out the back of the rocket, driving the spaceship forward, just as the rush of air out of a balloon sends it flying around the room. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The farm carts, carrying food and fuel to Boston, were still coming in over the mud flats connecting the town with the mainland. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I fired up the fuel plant, and it got to work making the additional fuel I'd need. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “All you have to do is put fuel in a tube and a hole at the bottom of it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s amazing how many people are too lazy to read a fuel gauge, a compass, or a marine chart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There was even nasty and deliberate sabotage, presumed to be by American men: practical jokes such as sugar in a fuel tank, which could—and did—prove deadly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The crusher won’t take a car with the fuel tank attached, because there’s a risk of explosion, so every tank had to be drained and removed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The women cooked with clay stoves fueled by coal, and the camp always smelled of fire and smoke. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Thirty seconds!” said Houston, meaning that they had only thirty seconds’ worth of fuel remaining. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But a more massive star will spend its nuclear fuel faster, become a red giant sooner, and be first to enter the final white dwarf decline. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hideo looks pleased, but I can sense the quiet, dark side of him returning the longer we stand here, as if coming home had given that side of him the fuel it needs to exist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The city’s generators are always going down, so electricity is unreliable, and people use diesel fuel.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet most of the fuel burned by the food industry isn’t used to grow food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Conserving power and fuel no longer meant a thing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I came up with a solution, but . . . remember when I burned rocket fuel in the Hab? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the MAV sits alone for years quietly making fuel, then just kind of hangs out until its crew arrives. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no fuel nor any means of making torches; in the desperate scramble at the doors many things had been left behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Aggressive and violent treatment protocols at some facilities generated horror stories that fueled a new campaign, this time to get people out of institutional mental health settings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, I really, super-duper don't want a proper fuel reaction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From nowhere, as it seemed, piles of dry brushwood for fuel, a little anvil, hammers, tongs, and bellows were produced. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Set into the mountain, the stone walls and roof had provided no fuel for the fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I want to scream again, and I remember the last time I felt this way, riding with Baba in the tank of the fuel truck, buried in the dark with the other refugees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z How much fossil fuel was burned to keep it refrigerated and fly it to the U.S.? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Yesterday’s meal had cleared his senses and fueled his muscles, but now the eggs were gone from his belly and the smells of the warming valley brought on a powerful hunger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She’d also had three cups of tea, and thus nine cubes of sugar, which meant she had enough fuel to power an electro-plasma system. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He didn’t stir, but his Hershey breath fueled my energy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When I am done with instructions about fuel, and trading, and staying in school, I turn to my mother and grip her arm, hard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Their words were becoming increasingly vile, fueled by whatever was happening directly in front of the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When in sight of her house she took a shortcut and came upon a pile of old caribou droppings—fuel for her fire! Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Since such stars with higher temperatures and pressures run rapidly through their store of nuclear fuel, their lifetimes are much shorter than the Sun’s. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no fuel to burn, so she burned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He proved his worth as a spy almost immediately, with detailed descriptions of Russia's latest missile systems, the location of missile batteries in Eastern Europe, and technical details about missile launching pads and fuel supplies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She lit it, taking care not to set the screen surrounding the fuel outlet on fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "How much fuel—" "Use seventy-five point five percent of remaining attitude adjust fuel," Johanssen said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Stars would burn out as they exhausted their fuel, and galaxies would become darker and darker—and then cold and silent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were people turned to fuel for the American machine. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Once we got to Hermes, four additional unmanned missions brought us fuel and supplies while we prepared for our trip. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the industrial farm, it takes about ten calories of fossil fuel energy to produce one calorie of food energy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Neel’s sister got up early to pump and haul water, feed the animals, make patties out of cow dung for fuel, wash clothes, tend the garden, cook, and clean. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Soon, we speculate, we will run out of fuel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The flight engineer points to the empty fuel gauge, and makes a throat-cutting gesture with his finger. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The fat was excellent fuel, and gave light when burned. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuel tanks had even been sealed shut back in Moscow so that they couldn’t cheat and land somewhere along the way to fill up again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Five days out of Gig Harbor, the Ocean Queen docked in Petersburg to take on fuel and water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So Wilson became a laboratory technician, then a transportation coordinator, working in a cubicle in a low-slung building in Astoria, Queens, overseeing fuel deliveries for the company’s fleet. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The boat was taking fuel on board; the railcars were hauled alongside and tilted sideways to let coal thunder down the chutes into the hold, and the black dust rose high above them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Ratwatte continued: “All the guys had to do was tell the controller, ‘We don’t have the fuel to comply with what you are trying to do.’ Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He rocked it back and forth a few times to get the fuel flowing into the engine, and once he smelled it he put his entire weight into a big swing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Harbor was plied with barges and packets from all up and down the coast, delivering fuel and grain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Over the next two years the political discord, fueled by the Congress Party and the Church, slid into anarchy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I will use my fire as fuel to live the life I want to lead. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was aware that my original reason for talking to Maribel, which had been fueled by a sense of responsibility, had been replaced by something else: I just wanted to be around her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z If the Germans seized this area, the Soviets would run dangerously low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The images fuel his anger, pushing him nearer and nearer to the cornfields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Specific impulse was, my book said, the thrust a rocket produced when it burned a pound of fuel in one second. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wandering from room to room has become a nightly habit fueled by insomnia and boredom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z First I thought nothing was going to happen, because I could see big blobs of fuel coming out of the engine and disappearing in the distance, like a string of snowballs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The hydrogen would be used both as fuel and as reaction mass. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange furnace, fueled by firewood, with a transparent flask heating on top. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been said the ship next door has a better engine, more water, endless fuel, countless salty eggs. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Neither of us knew how rocket fuel was supposed to burn. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The ground called up, however, and said we didn’t have enough fuel left to do that, and for me to come back inside the Gemini and lock the hatch. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally felt the heat still rising from the bed, the straw mattress and thick quilts fuel for the conflagration. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That news had further fueled the public’s belief in intelligent life on the planet. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had encountered him in the fields or on the mountain where the daughters-in-law collected fuel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleven men survived the collision but some were burned badly from the fuel fire that took place after the crash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These drives fueled the American fascination with cowboys, but the work was hardly romantic. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He needs to buy coffee, get cokes for fuel, and write Jo a letter! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z An Agena is a slim fuel tank about thirty feet long, with a rocket engine sticking out of one end and a hole in the opposite end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t supply foreign warships with fuel, for instance, and you couldn’t ship guns to foreign armies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “First, you gotta pay the fisherman for his fuel and his time. Then, you gotta pay the spotter to find the shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z "Burn it. Dump it in the lake. Soak it in fuel." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He manages to stand, and he runs along the top of the fuel car, desperately trying to balance on the smooth, curved surface. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He had hopes of hitching it to one of the gas-powered barges that usually traveled up and down the river, but none ever passed, yet more evidence that fuel was nowhere to be found. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Will checked the fuel and snapped a branch in two to direct the flames better, and Iorek began to work with the hammer once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A loss will only fuel the fire of those who think he doesn’t have what it takes to win the ones that really count. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the birds did not provide much meat, their skins, lined with a thick layer of fat, made a good fuel for the blubber stove. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Supplies of fuel had been exhausted and there was a struggle everywhere for warmth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Teller believed a promising option to fuel a Super bomb would be to use tritium, a superheavy isotope of hydrogen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My heart pumps hard, each beat fueled by panic. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had sent him off at once, but leaving, he had set out all the ready food he could find done up in a packet as fuel for my three days’ run. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As disgusting as it is, I need all the fuel I can get if I’m going to win in combat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Unlike fossil fuels, wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems generate electricity with no associated air pollution emissions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Gone are the days of heavy chemical fuel burns and trans-Mars injection orbits. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t have much fuel left, but that wouldn’t stop them from taking it if they decided to. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure there’s enough fuel in the car, Mom?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Another sphere contained a wick hanging in empty air from a silver wire, burning with a motionless white flame despite its apparent lack of fuel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The cold air that rushed in gave Gerald the fresh breaths he needed, but it also fueled the anger of the flames in the apartment and in Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ruthless engine of cotton required its fuel of African bodies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hurriedly she picked up her markers and started off for more fuel. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He got himself fixated on big and abstract issues, fueled by some crazy sense that he might be able to do something about them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He cut out some turves at the foot of the bank just outside the fern-brake, and made a shallow hole and laid his fuel in it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The racial imagery associated with the riots gave fuel to the argument that civil rights for blacks led to rampant crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Rather than feeling insulted, my parents had used Hilda’s disapproval to fuel their financial aspirations. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Manure has been valuable, too, as a source of fuel for fires in traditional societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can each eat as many slices as you want. You’ll need the fuel for practice tomorrow.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Then, if they had fuel for fire, the vendors began to skin and pluck and roast them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Those gold eyes were unnerving, but seeing all three boys like that fueled Piper’s anger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The pentatonic aspect of Debussy’s piano music provided much inspirational fuel for later generations of jazz pianists. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Reggie’s lack of emotion, appearing as arrogance or even hostility, fueled the prosecution. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Not even enough fuel to cross,” a woman says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She would need plenty of fuel for what she was going to do next. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Just “running out of fuel, sir” at the end of a sentence, preceded by the mitigating “ah.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Brian made certain the fire was banked with new wood, then went out of the shelter and searched for a good fuel supply. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And still there was more to reap: horns were turned into spoons, sinews into bowstrings, tallow into fuel for torches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z All planes, as they approach their destination, are by definition running out of fuel. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A hundred smudge pots had to be filled with fuel, fired up, and kept burning all night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They would take the Primus camp stove and three days of fuel. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Running low on fuel, Stockdale headed back to his carrier, the Ticonderoga. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For takeoff and climb, it would need advanced jet engines that sucked in air, mixed it with fuel, and burned the mixture. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That tank’s full of diesel fuel. That diesel’s your life’s blood tonight.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And with traffic jams everywhere, trucks with jet fuel can’t get to the airport. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Fiery ashes out of the pine-chip flares they tossed, and piled on fuel for light and heat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The pilot squinted at the fuel gauge: three-quarters full. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All of those notepads, and Xeroxes, and printed e-mails, and photographs of kids, and books, and dollar bills in wallets, and documents in files ... all of them were fuel. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Otis Bottom asked if we were going to make some fuel to see if it would explode. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to add fuel to the fire by asking questions about things that I should know, like my mother’s name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All three women knew, with sinking hearts, that they were going to run out of fuel in the middle of the Siberian wilderness. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Had switched off ignition and fuel before landing as per Pilot’s Notes and Standing Orders for forced landing, so all was quiet, a few creaks and groans but nothing else. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That takes a lot of energy and a lot of fossil fuel. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Phil ordered when he saw fuel dripping from the broken right wing.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I thought about how he had squeezed the life out of my mother, made her disappear in a flash of light, and rage filled me like high-octane fuel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Soon, there were food shortages, and inflation made their money so worthless that people began burning it for fuel. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “There’s a big red cross on the bottom of the helicopter, and just above it there are one hundred fifty gallons of fuel.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I started off walking but was soon running down the old grassy lane, up and over the hills at speed, fueled by a strong mix of curiosity, a little fear, and what my legs wanted. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As he did every morning, he took a deep breath and stared at the lamp on his desk—a tiny flame that burned night and day, fueled by magic olive oil from the supply room. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She rolled out the gasoline motor, unscrewed the fuel cap, and inspected the tank. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The two of us fell to the ground, fists flailing and legs thrashing, every kid in Euclid Parkway instantly clustered in a tight knot around us, their hollers fueled by excitement and grade school bloodlust. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Filled with kerosene fuel now, plus the super-cool liquid oxygen and hydrogen, it was steaming in the sunshine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He dumped the remaining fuel on the shelter walls. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z This movement fueled the Common Core Standards Initiative, which produced the Common Core Standards that most states have adopted as of 2014. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the third holding pattern southwest of Kennedy Airport that Klotz told ATC that he didn’t think the plane had enough fuel to reach an alternative airport. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Since then, though, scientific measurements, mainly of pollen in lake sediments, have shown that the Maya did cut down much of the region’s forest, using the wood for fuel and the land for agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The pain in my leg only fuels my anger. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Something about seeing that guy doused in fuel, holding a match. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The cars are stacked and waiting, their fuel tanks ruptured and drained. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To top it off, my industrial organic meal is nearly as drenched in fossil fuel as a non-organic meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Neumann One hums in front of him as he carries a can of fuel through the stalks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But Tonya, back in the tail gunner’s compartment, was overcome by leaking fuel fumes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When a star runs out of fuel, it starts to cool off and so to contract. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I it. highly explosive fuel for execution of British spy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Capsule weight, astronaut weight, payload weight—each pound required more fuel, and the fuel added weight as well. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “I will be creating fuel for the ship.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Fears of communism had smoldered for much of the decade; Elizabeth Bentley's testimony was the fuel that this fire needed to explode. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But the foods to fuel that spectacular rise were originally absent in Egypt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Did he mean that they were beginning to get worried about their fuel? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He blew out the oil lamp to save fuel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This process wasted fuel, and we were running short of that, and we wanted to save what was left to get back down into a lower orbit after we had finished with this Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of them still had enough fuel to blaze through the darkness. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If he waited for die plane to run out of fuel he would go farther—but he did not know which way he was moving. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat is very close now, its noises filling the air along with the smell of fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The room was freezing, due to wartime fuel shortages. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her comment that it was “most informative” fueled his good mood. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We were hurtling forward, and it was like we were fueled by how much we hated each other. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It creates a massive vapor lock, as it were, in mammalian fuel lines: The body is prevented from turning what it eats into a source of usable energy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The number of black holes, however, is almost certainly very much higher; in the long history of the universe, many stars must have burned all their nuclear fuel and have had to collapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuel gauge read empty, so she pulled over at a gas station. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If it weren't for the extra fuel the Japanese gave us, we'd be trying to steady ourselves with the jib—which seems impossible. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Nobody was hurt, no planes were damaged, and the regiment flew back to their home field, where the fuel trucks came driving out to meet them as they landed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They came toward me as I ran, a crowd of men and women carrying cases of beer, cheese, chains of linked sausage, watermelons, sacks of sugar, hams, cornmeal, fuel lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter riots were sparked by King’s assassination, but the fuels that kept them burning were the preexisting conditions: illegal but strictly enforced racial segregation, economic contraction, and an unresponsive political system. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Luke had collected the fuel in five-gallon buckets, which he began to haul across the yard to Dad’s flatbed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With a burst of puppy rocket fuel, Tater sprang out of Abby’s arms and flew into the train. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I considered raiding the hydrogen fuel cells, but I need those batteries to maintain power at night. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z While the first Red Scare was fueled by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, the second was brought to its height by the actions of US senator Joseph McCarthy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z My mother directed the arrangement of the buckets and burners into orderly rows and divided the fuel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Going to have another go anyway, try a shallower descent. Still have quite a lot of fuel, don’t really want to crash and go up in flames.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The day after that, Goddard took his junior scythes and Rowan on a gleaning rampage, fueled by his fury. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When he couldn’t find Guardsmen who had gas, Lima siphoned fuel from cars and trucks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "Then how would we fuel our fleet for the coming invasion?" demands the fearless leader. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But then he caught a whiff of gasoline or kerosene— some kind of fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I let the roar of the crowd fill me like rocket fuel, powering me past my teammates. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Near us, two sailors with axes chopped at lines, and two big life rafts plunged toward the water, which looked blade except for pools of fire from burning fuel oil. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To get even to the nearest star, you would need an enormous amount of fuel to jettison out the back of the rocket—a tremendous waste. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Twenty penguins, cooked by the fuel of their own skins, was a fair daily average, Hurley said later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Before Gandalf could hinder him he thrust the brand amid the fuel, and at once it crackled and roared into flame. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As the craft flew overhead, it telemetered a torrent of data to the closest tracking station, everything from its speed and altitude to its fuel level and the astronaut’s heart rate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Her tolerance of “Men’s Needs,” as far as her son was concerned, became the fuel for her unmanageable fury at her daughter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He said there were so many untapped sources of energy in the world that it was ridiculous to be burning all that fossil fuel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred square meters of solar cells, with hydrogen fuel cells to store plenty of reserve. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s the natural gas in the fertilizer and the fossil fuel energy it takes to make the pesticides, the diesel used by the tractors, and the fuel needed to harvest, dry, and transport the corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His cousin owned a fuel truck and had smuggled people with it a couple of times. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The earthen floor was swept and the fuel pile replenished. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Despite Lawrences own initial doubts, it would produce the fuel for the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Zeitoun’s bunk was over the fuel tanks, and he was asleep one early morning when he was jolted by an explosion below. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The first stage depleted its fuel, and the booster coasted for a fraction of a second as it jettisoned stage clamps via explosive bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Her wealth, power, and ambition were the fuel that would propel him forward. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Originally I thought Joel sold locally just to keep from burning fossil fuels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z All they do is expend fuel driving past smoldering cottages and chewed-up artillery pieces and unmarked graves, while Volkheimer passes his giant hand over his close-cropped head, growing more uneasy by the day. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Starting perhaps a hundred feet below them on the steeper side of the mountain, the patch might have been designed expressly for fuel. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z For a while, he stands on a narrow ledge at the end of a fuel tanker. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z At work he’d see signs of his luck turning — a run of placid chickens, a mistake in his wages to his favor — every time something new to fuel him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish sack of Tawantinsuyu calamitously expanded on this tradition of plunder, which has greatly accelerated in modern times, fueled by the desperate poverty of Peru’s Indian population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Government was after him now—after his money and his guns and his fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The power of the oligarchy, fueled by trusts and giant holding companies, was too great, and appeals to racial solidarity were ultimately irresistible to white Southerners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “My son sucked one liter from my husband’s car this morning, just so I can get to the market. O di egwu. I hope fuel comes soon.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z ATC: You have, ah, you have enough fuel to make it to the airport? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z While 75-80 percent of the energy a rower produces in a two-thousand-meter race is aerobic energy fueled by oxygen, races always begin, and usually end, with hard sprints. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Speaking rapidly in Eskimo, she told her guests about the river, the game, the fuel, and the stars—but not about the wolves or her past. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z They all have appropriate moats and walls; they have enough artillery; they always store in their public warehouses enough drink, food, and fuel for a year. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z For half a minute afterward, the sky was filled with sparks, fireballs, and globs of fuel. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to have fuel, he thought—and he had that The bark was fuel. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's the Taiyang Sheris booster, sir. Our engineers have run the numbers, and it has enough fuel for a Mars injection orbit. It could get there in four hundred and nineteen days." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Peeta, always so powerful and now fueled by tracker jacker insanity, gets his feet under Mitchell’s belly and launches him farther down the block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And like most factories, the industrial farm is powered with fossil fuels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Everywhere reeks of hot metal and burning fuel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The independent learning setup only served to fuel my competitive streak. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z From small starter fires, inmates had been throwing out boxes and sheets of newspaper and Lord knows what else, trying to achieve the fuel density necessary for a real blaze. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately alongside was the abandoned railroad ditch that carried the pipe that carried the aviation gasoline down to the fuel trucks at the airfield. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The only problem was that we had used too much fuel in finding it, and that meant we might have to cut short some of our other plans for the next two days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He also reported they had only 5 percent of their fuel remaining, which wasn’t much. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To begin with, the phrase “running out of fuel” has no meaning in Air Traffic Control terminology. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Eventually, however, the star will run out of its hydrogen and other nuclear fuels. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With fuel fumes filling the cockpit and making it difficult to breathe, there was only one chance to land the plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We could meet you in the air, beat you back, keep you from landing, distract you till your fuel ran out and you turned tail until the next wave. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The fuel for the camp stove was finished, and so they threw it aside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Each passing day seemed to fuel the other side, anxious for closure. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The principal energy sources of our present industrial civilization are the so-called fossil fuels. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And they needed fuel; for Strider said that Frodo must be kept warm, especially at night, while fire would be some protection for them all. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Stars with masses above the Chandrasekhar limit, on the other hand, have a big problem when they come to the end of their fuel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Wood was piled under it, and high all about it, and all was drenched with oil, even the garments of Faramir and the coverlets; but as yet no fire had been set to the fuel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Sending it forty-eight months early gives it plenty of extra time in case fuel reactions go slower than expected. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the center, a golden brazier of fire seemed to burn without fuel or smoke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The mission control man reported that one of the astronauts said, “It feels good,” although I doubted sitting on a million tons of rocket fuel could feel good at all. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Looks like the fuel plant has been completely removed, with considerable damage to the struts in the process. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I switch the fuel hose over to the next tank, squeeze the primer bulb, and yank on the starter cord, thinking, pleasepleaseplease start. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not because the Gamemakers couldn't keep it fueled but because, again, that would invite accusations of boredom from the audience. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Shipping food thousands of miles and burning up fossil fuels went against his whole philosophy as a farmer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For Nazi geneticists, these early studies provided the fuel for more drastic experiments. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He just continued to stand there, trembling and dripping with fuel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Media depictions of Muslims as terrorists and foreigners had inundated our televisions and movie screens, and these harsh misrepresentations fueled anti-Muslim bigotry and policies in America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Klotz begins with a routine acknowledgment of the instructions from ATC and doesn’t mention his concern about fuel until the second half of the sentence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z What I remember next is the blinding light of early morning as I climbed out of the fuel tank. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I saw Old North Meeting House pulled down for fuel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The landing gear, ingress ramp, and fuel plant are still here. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for a ladder on a fuel tanker, but the car was moving too fast, and he let go. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The nitrogen for the fields would no longer be made with the sun’s energy but with fossil fuels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Its eight cylinders fired, the carburetor sucking in vast quantities of fuel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z To obtain fuel and construction material and to grow food, they cleared trees and vegetation from the bluffs to the east and planted every inch of arable land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That means more disposable fuel and a larger margin of error for the return thrust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With no gas stations, owners had to lug five-gallon fuel cans to local drugstores, filling them for 60 cents a gallon and hoping the pharmacist wouldn’t substitute benzene for gasoline. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His gaze burned as hot as the fires around us, fueled by anger, helplessness, desperation. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They filled cans from the fuel trucks and carried them by hand to the aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The swastika in the science room hasn’t stopped us; it’s given us rocket fuel. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z During this time, the government took another action that added fuel to the flames. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be the only ones with fuel when The End comes,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And each fuel cell has only a small amount of H2 anyway. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then, Pyongyang has become increasingly dependent on China for concessional trade, food aid, and fuel. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If my fifteen-second engagement to Stuart is what spurred Mother’s will to live, the fact that I’m single again fueled her strength even more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They fled the train at a fuel stop along the way and traveled on foot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They had to import food, as well as raw materials and fuel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To travel a shorter arc requires less time but more fuel. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It also meant they used fuel less efficiently because they were carrying more weight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “There’s a thin layer of oxygen around us, like an extra skin. Must be self-regenerating. That’s how we’re breathing and staying dry. The oxygen gave the fire fuel—except the fire also suffocated me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ash will become fuel, and the Sun will be triggered into a second round of fusion reactions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After all that preparation, how could they possibly have taken off without enough fuel? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Professor Ekwenugo had always been his proof that Biafra would triumph, with the stories of rockets and armored cars and fuel made from nothing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Heavily weighed down by the wood on my back, branches poking maddeningly, I had burned almost all of the fuel not to waste strength lugging it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach was sick and wasted but it desperately wanted fuel and the banana stayed down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A rocket solves this problem by carrying everything it needs with it, not only fuel but also the oxidizer needed to mix with the fuel and cause it to burn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Their buying power fuels the booming market for Christian books, music, and films. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z |
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