filling station
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Outside the gates of one closed filling station, dozens of motorbike riders still queued expectantly.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
Sadly, Sang’s was no more, so I settled for a Subway sandwich from a filling station.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
To keep them alive, Mr. Mwafi says he wakes up at 4 a.m., spending hours waiting for water at a crowded filling station.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2023
On the night before she died, Jessica went out for a belated birthday dinner with her boyfriend and stayed in his apartment beside the filling station.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
I saw through my bedroom window that everything was white—the yard, the road, the filling station, and the mountains.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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