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station

[stay-shuhn] / ˈsteɪ ʃən /




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A little queue had formed at the station ATM, where commuters were withdrawing cash to buy physical transit cards so they could get on the train.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

He walked out of a police station on Saturday afternoon, waving to the media and giving a thumbs up as he was driven away, an AFP photographer saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The spacecraft also delivered equipment for manufacturing artificial retinas in microgravity, the condition of near weightlessness experienced aboard the space station.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

They are currently being held in a station in the east of the Republic of Ireland.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

And this was an especially good flat tire, because there were seven kids in the car-pool station wagon, and four of them started to cry—not Sam, of course.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

In Paris, where the authorities have banned protests around government buildings, the Champs-Elysees shopping avenue and train stations, police detained around 60 people on Saturday morning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Then, for a miserable stretch, several Red Line stations I frequented seemed to stop recognizing it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Thousands of demonstrators converged for a march through Paris, cutting main roads and prompting authorities to close many metro stations in the centre.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The liquefied-natural-gas exporter plans to build gas-fired power stations to supply data centers, and has already struck deals for equipment with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes Energy Services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Broadcasts from radios tuned to Havana stations drifted out open windows.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

When they visited him, they found him under a tangle of tubes, with guards stationed outside his hospital room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The US currently has about 55,000 military personnel stationed in Japan, with the heaviest concentration based on the tropical island prefecture.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Ballard is a lance-corporal with the Third Marine Expeditionary Force stationed on the island, according to a U.S. official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ban Keun could be used as a "convenient stopover" for China's air force, and Chinese personnel may be stationed there, he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“My family is from Ponce, but my dad is stationed at the Roosevelt Base.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

As part of the response, the US is stationing dogs capable of sniffing out screwworms at the borders.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

They proposed stationing key aircraft during a conflict in the western part of the kingdom, a safer distance away from Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Now when he does his homework like he did this spring, stationing himself in front of a pitching machine, calling out balls and strikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Parents started to set up school patrols, stationing volunteers in the parking lot and in their neighborhoods to make sure kids, families and staff could come and go to school safely.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

It was George who had the idea of stationing Stuart inside the piano to push the key up the second it was played.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White


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