truck stop
noun
: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage
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With its sprawling campus and more than 100 gas pumps, Buc-ee's may look like a truck stop.
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George Petras, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2024
In March, commissioners selected a developer to construct a zero-emission truck stop in National City.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
Nearby residences and a truck stop were evacuated as a precaution as winds carried away thick smoke and local firefighting crews responded.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
The bill sent to the governor would have allowed up to four of the machines in any convenience store, restaurant or other establishment with a liquor license, and up to 10 at each truck stop.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
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George Petras, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2024
In March, commissioners selected a developer to construct a zero-emission truck stop in National City.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
Nearby residences and a truck stop were evacuated as a precaution as winds carried away thick smoke and local firefighting crews responded.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
The bill sent to the governor would have allowed up to four of the machines in any convenience store, restaurant or other establishment with a liquor license, and up to 10 at each truck stop.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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