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 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 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 See all Example Sentences for rest stop

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