filling station

Example Sentences

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Outside the gates of one closed filling station, dozens of motorbike riders still queued expectantly.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Sadly, Sang’s was no more, so I settled for a Subway sandwich from a filling station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

But now, having to get the gas twice a day, he often spends more time waiting at a filling station in the largest city, Dar es Salaam, than he does earning money.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

The filling station stands at the treeless, windswept intersection of Highways 46 and 33, on the well-trodden path between the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

When things looked hopeless, Dad would ask directions at a store or filling station.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey