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

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

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