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petrol station

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noun

  1. another term for filling station

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With no sign of public transport running in my area, Baruta Municipality, a worker at the local petrol station tells me two of his colleagues couldn't travel to work.

From BBC

Many petrol station forecourt shops will be open too.

From BBC

He said Mr Shabir drove the three of them from Keighley to Bradford, stopping at a petrol station on the way where Mr Ali told him to fill a canister with petrol.

From BBC

A resident of Mopti said that since September, no petrol station got supplies.

From Barron's

A number of country delegations were forced to take shelter outside under the roof of a petrol station, a member of the UK delegation told the BBC.

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