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
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
Volunteers have handed out about 40,000 bottles of water since the spillage, which a local petrol station blamed on an attempted fuel theft.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 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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