bus fare
Example Sentences
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Other workers are unable to afford the bus fare and come only when they can afford it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Jasmine stays at a Florida boarding house run by Lillian, who calls her new tenant Jazzy and helps her with bus fare to New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Mohammad, who gave his first name for reasons of privacy, didn’t have enough money for bus fare to go home.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
Jannat, who runs a tiny shop selling biscuits and milk cartons, often can't afford the bus fare to attend protests demanding information about the missing.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
Many days I walked the six miles to town in the morning and the six back in the evening in order to save bus fare.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
