bus stop

noun

: one of the places where a bus stops for passengers to get on or off
waiting at the bus stop

Examples of bus stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trees fell around nearby businesses and over a bus stop, the intersection's traffic light is out of power and signage for Nimana's strip and a nearby gas station are destroyed. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2024 Across the street, a teenage boy ambles along the sidewalk, sits at a bus stop, and glances left and right. Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024 About 50 protesters rallied at ASU on Wednesday evening, waving Palestinian flags and holding cease-fire signs, with the gathering taking hold near a bus stop on East University Drive. Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024 Photos provided by police show a silver car on the sidewalk with extensive frontal and rear damage just south of a Chevron gas station and a bus stop, 1684 NW 27th Ave. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024 The shooting occurred a few blocks from the school, at 108th Street and Western Avenue, where students were milling around a bus stop in front of a convenience store. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024 Six months earlier, he had been picked up by conscription agents while walking to a bus stop. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 When the two kids under the age of 13 didn’t come home after school, Nashville investigators believed they had been kidnapped from their bus stop by 30-year-old Jenny Men, according to a Davidson County arrest affidavit. Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024 Allen was last seen at the bus stop near Buckley and Mexico walking eastbound around 4:15p with his black bike with orange rims. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2024

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“Bus stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bus%20stop. Accessed 14 May. 2024.

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