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

The RAF Voyager is the giant petrol station in the sky for the Typhoon and F-35 jets which have been patrolling the skies over Cyprus and Jordan for the past month.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But I heard from a friend that at one petrol station, they capped it at five litres.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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

We kept going and going until we made it to a twenty-four-hour petrol station and called the police.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah