rest area
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In one video, filmed on 8 October, cockroaches can be seen in a driver's food container in the rest area.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
It traveled on the I-5 for about 300 miles, pausing at a rest area in Buttonwillow before pulling into the Lebec truck stop at 2:05 a.m. on July 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
My brother desperately needed a rest area, but we were nowhere near one.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023
A car traveling on I-70 when the crash happened was damaged, with the driver making it to a rest area farther down the road.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Late in the night I pulled into a rest area, had a hamburger at the great lunch counter that never closes, and walked Charley on the close-clipped grass.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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