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

But now, having to get the gas twice a day, he often spends more time waiting at a filling station in the largest city, Dar es Salaam, than he does earning money.

From BBC • Jan. 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

He found a telephone directory in a filling station and he wrote the name of the town on their map with a pencil.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy