bus stop
noun
: one of the places where a bus stops for passengers to get on or off
waiting at the bus stop
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According to three officials briefed on the investigation, the suspect first fired at a guardsman standing only a few feet away, then shot at another who tried to take cover behind a bus stop shelter.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The bus’ surveillance video reportedly showed Pratt forcing the driver’s side window open and climbing in through the window while the bus was stopped at a bus stop near East 75th Street and Prospect Avenue.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
For nearly two years, as the seasons changed and Mencimer graduated from elementary to middle school, the two fostered a friendship, one bus stop at a time.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Just before midnight, police said three armed men got out of a sport-utility vehicle and started shooting into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop in the 2800 block of West 63rd Street at California Avenue.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The bus’ surveillance video reportedly showed Pratt forcing the driver’s side window open and climbing in through the window while the bus was stopped at a bus stop near East 75th Street and Prospect Avenue.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
For nearly two years, as the seasons changed and Mencimer graduated from elementary to middle school, the two fostered a friendship, one bus stop at a time.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Just before midnight, police said three armed men got out of a sport-utility vehicle and started shooting into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop in the 2800 block of West 63rd Street at California Avenue.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Bus stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bus%20stop. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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