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rest area

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noun

  1. a motorists' stopping place, usually off a highway, equipped with tables, seats, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Speaking to BBC News outside a rest area for evacuated residents at a nearby leisure centre, Lukasz said they were now homeless and had "nothing left".

From BBC Aug. 27, 2024

There seemed to be little worry about the impending storm among some truckers in the Whitewater rest area, off the 10 Freeway, in Riverside County.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 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

Staff didn’t have a designated break room or rest area and no easily accessible restroom, according to the complaint.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2022

I stayed in the rest area, in my car, for another half an hour, until everything had settled down, and saw who emerged as the victor.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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