petrol station
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A little over a year ago, Donatell bought another petrol station.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The storage at his petrol station are small, they can only hold just over a day's worth of fuel.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A deserted cafe and petrol station near the Niirala border crossing to Russia shows how life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Volunteers have handed out about 40,000 bottles of water since the spillage, which a local petrol station blamed on an attempted fuel theft.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
We kept going and going until we made it to a twenty-four-hour petrol station and called the police.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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