filling station

Example Sentences

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Outside the gates of one closed filling station, dozens of motorbike riders still queued expectantly.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Sadly, Sang’s was no more, so I settled for a Subway sandwich from a filling station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

To keep them alive, Mr. Mwafi says he wakes up at 4 a.m., spending hours waiting for water at a crowded filling station.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2023

On the night before she died, Jessica went out for a belated birthday dinner with her boyfriend and stayed in his apartment beside the filling station.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

She said it could be bought at the filling station and that her family had one in every room.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls