petrol station

noun

British
: a place where gasoline for vehicles is sold

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The Buscadores meet at a petrol station on the city’s southern fringe. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Motorists line up to fill up at a petrol station in Seoul on March 9, 2026. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026 Footage from the scene showed smoke pouring from the roof of a convenience store attached to the petrol station. Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025 Quitting without trying to fix the situation is like abandoning a car that’s run out of fuel when there’s a petrol station just around the corner. Nono Bokete, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Running low on fuel and there’s no petrol station around? Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024

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