rest stop
noun
US
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
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An investigation began Monday afternoon, when the 4-year-old boy’s body was found floating in water behind a rest stop off I-10 in western Louisiana’s Calcasieu Parish, just across the Texas state line, the sheriff’s office said.
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Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 12 July 2024
The well was a rest stop for travelers going from Grapevine to Fort Worth, according to the city.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
An hour later, troopers from Troop G-Bridgeport were called to an I-95 rest stop in Milford, where an unknown number of suspects in a black sedan fled after one of them tried stealing a car that was being filled with gas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
Lockhart, an ideal layover spot between San Antonio and Kansas City, Mo., became a rest stop for cowboys driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail, many of whom were Black or Hispanic.
—Gabriel H. Sanchez, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 12 July 2024
The well was a rest stop for travelers going from Grapevine to Fort Worth, according to the city.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
An hour later, troopers from Troop G-Bridgeport were called to an I-95 rest stop in Milford, where an unknown number of suspects in a black sedan fled after one of them tried stealing a car that was being filled with gas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
Lockhart, an ideal layover spot between San Antonio and Kansas City, Mo., became a rest stop for cowboys driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail, many of whom were Black or Hispanic.
—Gabriel H. Sanchez, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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“Rest stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20stop. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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