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
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
All she thought about was going to Hollywood when she could scrape up the bus fare and getting a job as a secretary and being buddies with Jeanette MacDonald and getting in the movies herself.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
