petrol station
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The storage at his petrol station are small, they can only hold just over a day's worth of fuel.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A deserted cafe and petrol station near the Niirala border crossing to Russia shows how life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Maybe someone down at the petrol station, to which William keeps sneaking to mollify his insatiable chocolate addiction and where local people do unspeakable things with the gas pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
A firefighter and two petrol station employees were injured in Pattani province, the army said.
From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026
We kept going and going until we made it to a twenty-four-hour petrol station and called the police.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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