rest area
Example Sentences
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It traveled on the I-5 for about 300 miles, pausing at a rest area in Buttonwillow before pulling into the Lebec truck stop at 2:05 a.m. on July 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
After a gruelling 36-hour shift, she had fallen asleep in a seminar room due to the lack of a designated rest area.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024
A car traveling on I-70 when the crash happened was damaged, with the driver making it to a rest area farther down the road.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Nearby, a playground was strung up with sheets and blankets, turned into a rest area for rescue workers.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
Late in the night I pulled into a rest area, had a hamburger at the great lunch counter that never closes, and walked Charley on the close-clipped grass.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
