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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But by early this year, photos of eye-watering menu prices at some McDonald’s locations — including an $18 Big Mac combo at a Connecticut rest stop from July 2023 — went viral, bringing diners’ long-simmering frustrations to a boiling point that the company couldn’t ignore.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Buckle your seatbelts and get those rest stop snacks ready: Kevin Wilson's new road trip novel trods familiar territory, but in an exciting new way.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
As anyone who has ever felt stuck in the car on a long drive knows, a rest stop is a welcome sight.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
State police are asking the public for help identifying individuals seen at a rest stop in Plainfield where someone used a device to withdraw money from an ATM before more than $50,000 was recovered after being ditched from a fleeing vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Buckle your seatbelts and get those rest stop snacks ready: Kevin Wilson's new road trip novel trods familiar territory, but in an exciting new way.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
As anyone who has ever felt stuck in the car on a long drive knows, a rest stop is a welcome sight.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
State police are asking the public for help identifying individuals seen at a rest stop in Plainfield where someone used a device to withdraw money from an ATM before more than $50,000 was recovered after being ditched from a fleeing vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Rest stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20stop. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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