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
The filling station stands at the treeless, windswept intersection of Highways 46 and 33, on the well-trodden path between the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
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
When the signs on the turnpike started telling us we were coming to Charleston, Cletus became so fidgety that at first I thought we’d better find a filling station, and fast.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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