petrol station

Example Sentences

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A little over a year ago, Donatell bought another petrol station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

On a chilly morning, at a petrol station not far from Culiacán, Pulido and a group of other mothers hugged each other before setting out on a search.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Volunteers have handed out about 40,000 bottles of water since the spillage, which a local petrol station blamed on an attempted fuel theft.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Filling his water tank at a petrol station outside the city, lorry driver Abdilrashiid Adam Jamac told AFP he now had an Israeli flag hanging in his home.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

She stopped by the petrol station near the hospital and was not surprised to see the sign scrawled in chalk: NO PETROL.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie