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Gasoline prices are displayed outside of a Shell gas station in West Hollywood, California on April 14. Prices vary around the country, and are highest on the west coast; the nationwide average has risen by more than $1 per gallon since the start of the Iran War, but is expected to drop if a decrease in crude oil prices is sustained.
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Gasoline could drop below $4 in coming days
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Gasoline costs should start to fall soon, although a full recovery to pre-war prices is expected to take months. That's assuming that peace holds and traffic flows resume through the Strait of Hormuz.
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