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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Howard County's health department has issued a precautionary health alert for a sewage overflow at an I-95 rest stop. Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025 Common Man Roadside, Hooksett Rest Stop, NH: A rest stop worth stopping at? Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025 According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a rest stop in Bennett, approximately 37 miles from Denver, on June 8. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 19 June 2025 An Indiana State Trooper found Perfetti in a Boone County rest stop. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rest stop

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“Rest stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20stop. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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