service station

Example Sentences

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In Portland, Ore., an independent service station owner turned off his pumps and turned his place into a drive-through taco shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“People are panicking,” the owner of one service station told the Courant.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"It's better to be here than stuck on the road," driver Carle Bruno told news agency AFP at a roadside service station in the northern port of Le Havre.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

"It's is like a service station for birds."

From BBC • May 30, 2025

In reality, though, I was like my friend who had worked the pumps at a service station: Even after she got home and took a shower, you could still smell the gasoline on her hands.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover