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bus stop

British  

noun

  1. a place on a bus route, usually marked by a sign, at which buses stop for passengers to alight and board

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His family live close to the bus stop, in a block with Iranian and Jewish families living side by side.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Or the 13-year-old who was picked up by police at a bus stop in Everett, Massachusetts, on suspicion of threatening a peer.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

No longer scrolling Instagram at the bus stop.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Mullin — on behalf of several immigrant rights groups, the three immigrants picked up at a bus stop, including Villegas, and two U.S. citizens, one of whom was held despite showing agents his identification.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Parents wait with their kids at the bus stop so nothing bad happens to them, then they watch them climb into the yellow death trap and blow them kisses good-bye.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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