minivan

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Recent Examples of minivan Witnesses said the driver appeared to be in a white minivan. Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025 According to a criminal complaint, Hernandez-Reyes had rented a minivan that was pulled over by police in Gautier, Mississippi, and found with a total of nine undocumented occupants. James Hill, ABC News, 6 May 2025 The owner of a minivan pulled in to ask about his faulty air conditioning. Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025 Keep calling the minivans Chrysler Pacifica, Town & Country, etc., but drop the expensive charade of developing other new vehicles for it. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for minivan
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Noun
  • Every aspect of the car’s attitude is controlled via your right foot.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
  • The victim, identified by police as Dae Lee, left his vehicle and got on top of the other driver’s car, police said in a May 27 news release.
    Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Every summer the family climbed into a minibus or car with large quantities of coffee, salt and potatoes and drove more than 700 miles north from Helsinki to Inari, a municipality that sprawls over 6,700 square miles with a population of 7,125.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • His comments came after a Russian drone hit a minibus carrying civilians near the front lines in Ukraine’s Sumy region, killing nine people and injuring seven, according to local officials.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s a good chance that your late-model car, truck, or SUV has a handful of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The driver of a green Rivian SUV is said to have struck a 15-year-old boy who was walking between cars at the rear of the campus as school ended, CW affiliate KTLA and ABC affiliate KABC-TV reported.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • Trump can be quick in throwing his fellow European leaders under the bus.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • But even if a court block on country-specific tariffs is upheld, others that would remain on the books — for products like steel and automobiles — are still expected to cost consumers almost $1,000 a year, according to a new analysis by the Yale Budget Lab.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 May 2025
  • The tariffs then took effect again on March 4, though Trump later paused tariffs on automobiles and exempted many products from the tariffs on March 6.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Attorney information for the cheer coaches was not available.
    Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
  • Those young stars were center stage in the Sky’s first win of the season and the first for rookie coach Tyler Marsh.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Officers are shown handcuffing the individuals and loading them into white vans.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Late on the morning of May 16, Patricia Roberts, 82, was driving through her hometown of Carlsbad when her vehicle collided with a van at El Camino Real and Jackspar Drive, the medical examiner reported.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The wagon’s mesh bottom allows for a quick and easy hose-down to get rid of sand or dirt.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 2 June 2025
  • The aftermath After the scene, LaBella was left in the wagon alone, feeling shocked, embarrassed and humiliated and holding back tears, the complaint said.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 May 2025

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“Minivan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minivan. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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