petrol station
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The garage was completely gutted by the blaze but firefighters worked through the night to stop it spreading to an adjacent petrol station and nearby supermarket.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
A little over a year ago, Donatell bought another petrol station.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Officers followed the vehicle until the driver stopped at an Esso petrol station on the A34, at the junction of Liverpool Road and London Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
But I heard from a friend that at one petrol station, they capped it at five litres.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
She stopped by the petrol station near the hospital and was not surprised to see the sign scrawled in chalk: NO PETROL.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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