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FOS

American  
Or F.O.S.

abbreviation

  1. free on station.

  2. free on steamer.

  3. Slang.  full of shit (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.


FOS British  

abbreviation

  1. fructooligosaccharide: a chain polymer of fructose found in a variety of plants, vegetables, and fruits and used as a sweetener

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Esso's Fos refinery was also unable to move products out.

From Reuters

Barclays said: "It wouldn't be appropriate to issue a statement until the matter has been fully assessed and FOS have been able to review the full circumstances of this case that we will be presenting to them."

From BBC

Its Fos refinery was operating at a nominal level and truck loading operations were suspended, though the company said trucks could access third-party loading facilities.

From Reuters

In another — sent to a group called “FOS” or “Friends of Stone” that included Trump ally Roger Stone — Rhodes urged his fellow Oath Keepers to think of the ways early Americans had resisted the British.

From Seattle Times

"We are gradually shutting down the Gravenchon refinery and petrochemical plant and we have started preparations to gradually shut down the Fos refinery," an Exxon Mobil spokesperson said in the statement.

From Reuters