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
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
Maybe someone down at the petrol station, to which William keeps sneaking to mollify his insatiable chocolate addiction and where local people do unspeakable things with the gas pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
“The trucks out of petrol and there’s no petrol station around here,” Pa says.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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