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The Cost of Keeping America Moving Is Pushing Truckers to the Brink

For a trucking company, the next delivery begins with an unavoidable purchase. Before a driver can collect a shipment or make up time on the interstate, the truck needs diesel. With fuel prices hovering above $6 a gallon in October, that routine…

by Ahmed Al-Khalifa
19 October 2026
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