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
Officers followed the vehicle until the driver stopped at an Esso petrol station on the A34, at the junction of Liverpool Road and London Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 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
A deserted cafe and petrol station near the Niirala border crossing to Russia shows how life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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
