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bus stop

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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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Sleeping in flophouses and on bus stop benches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Amundson agreed to watch the bus stop when he got home and to hide him if necessary.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

But there was a bus stop outside they used instead, where they would hang out with “an assortment of characters,” Adkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hernandez, then 18 years old, worked in a convenience store near the bus stop.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Sometimes, though, they would hang around what would have been their bus stop if they had one, smoking cigars and starting fights and telling little kids that the bus was full of bugs.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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