bus stop

British

noun

a place on a bus route, usually marked by a sign, at which buses stop for passengers to alight and board

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He said 2,600 sanitation workers were plowing roads, plus an additional 1,400 emergency snow shovelers who were clearing sidewalks and bus stops.

From BBC

I spot one at a bus stop, another in a park.

From BBC

They were at the bus stop, but standing apart from the other kids, out of the glow of the streetlight.

From Literature

She was last seen by two co-workers who dropped her off at a bus stop in El Monte.

From Los Angeles Times

“The bus stops at the end of the drive at seven thirty sharp, Ida B,” Daddy said at breakfast the next morning, even though he’d already told me that three times the day before.

From Literature

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