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Gas prices top $4.50 a gallon, reaching highest level since July 2022

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Gas prices are now 52% higher than prior to the Iran war, with drivers paying $1.56 more per gallon, data shows.

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  1. Anchorage Daily News

    Gasoline in the U.S. now costs 50% more than it did before the Iran war (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Energy experts say that even once the war ends, it will take months for gasoline prices to return to pre-war levels.

  2. CBS News

    Gas prices top $4.50 a gallon, reaching highest level since July 2022 (opens CBS News)

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    Gas prices are now 52% higher than prior to the Iran war, with drivers paying $1.56 more per gallon, data shows.

  3. Oil Price

    Average U.S. Gasoline Price Tops $4.50 to Near Four-Year High (opens Oil Price)

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    U.S. gas prices topped $4.50 per gallon for the first time since July 2022, with the Hormuz closure and approaching driving season threatening further increases.

  4. MyNorthwest

    Why gasoline costs 52% more in the US than it did before the Iran war (opens MyNorthwest)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.54 per gallon Wednesday,

  5. Al Jazeera

    US petrol prices 50 percent higher than before war on Iran (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The average price of petrol in the United States has reached $4.48 per gallon, according to AAA.

  6. FOX Business

    Gas prices surge past $4.50 nationally as Iran tensions pressure drivers (opens FOX Business)

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    The AAA national average price for regular gas spiked to $4.536, amid ongoing tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

  7. Times Republican

    Gasoline costs 50% more in the US than it did before the Iran war (opens Times Republican)

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    NEW YORK — The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting the wallets of drivers after rising 50% since the war with Iran began. The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is […]

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