rest stop

noun

: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.

Examples of rest stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The driver, identified in a police report as Negrete-Avina, eventually pulled over near the popular Casa de Fruta roadside market and rest stop. —

Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024 During the excavation, archaeologists found the ruins of a 3,500-year-old rest stop. —

Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024 Shortly thereafter, two males, who were possibly the same individuals in different clothes, were seen entering the ExxonMobil gas station at the northbound rest stop at different times, state police said. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rest stop

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