bus fare

Example Sentences

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Jasmine stays at a Florida boarding house run by Lillian, who calls her new tenant Jazzy and helps her with bus fare to New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Mohammad, who gave his first name for reasons of privacy, didn’t have enough money for bus fare to go home.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Mendoza, who earns about $8 a day, said she was grateful for the help with bus fare, and said she didn’t expect Bukele to solve El Salvador’s long-standing economic problems over night.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

Jannat, who runs a tiny shop selling biscuits and milk cartons, often can't afford the bus fare to attend protests demanding information about the missing.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

For now we were getting by on Arturo’s paycheck week to week, which was just enough to cover rent and bus fare and food.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez