bus fare
Example Sentences
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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
“Our staff keeps petty cash in case one of our clients needs an Uber or a hotel night or bus fare to get back home. The court doesn’t provide that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 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
Roman Dibden, chief executive of youth charity Rise Up, said it sees young people turn down job interviews and training all the time because they can't afford the bus fare.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025
One Monday at four in the morning, my father woke me up and said, in an embarrassed tone: “Can you lend me thirty cents for bus fare so I can go to work?”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
