motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmō-tər-ˌkād 
: a procession of motor vehicles
motorcade
intransitive verb
Examples of motorcade in a Sentence
the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines
Recent Examples on the Web
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, MacNeil, then the No. 2 White House correspondent for NBC, was in President Kennedy’s motorcade in Dallas, sitting in the front row of a press bus about six vehicles behind the limousine in which the president and first lady were riding.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As a former president, Trump travels in a Secret Service motorcade with street closures and other security measures.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
From the motorcade, Trump saw Black people lining the streets and watching from balconies.
—Marianne Levine, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Biden’s motorcade took a circuitous route to the Capitol, as hundreds of pro-cease-fire demonstrators tried to disrupt its path from the White House.
—Zeke Miller, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Coty Feith, 27, was too far away to see Biden get off the helicopter and walk arm and arm with Pelosi to the motorcade.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The truce expired Friday at 7 a.m. local time, as Blinken and his entourage were preparing to board a motorcade taking them to the airport for departure to Dubai.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
The tragedy came nearly five years after Robert Sr.’s older brother John was assassinated while traveling in his presidential motorcade in downtown Dallas.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Kennedy, who had visited Fort Worth earlier in the day, was riding in a downtown Dallas motorcade that slowly made its way down Elm Street in Dealey Plaza a little after noon.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2024
Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As a former president, Trump travels in a Secret Service motorcade with street closures and other security measures.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
From the motorcade, Trump saw Black people lining the streets and watching from balconies.
—Marianne Levine, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Biden’s motorcade took a circuitous route to the Capitol, as hundreds of pro-cease-fire demonstrators tried to disrupt its path from the White House.
—Zeke Miller, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Coty Feith, 27, was too far away to see Biden get off the helicopter and walk arm and arm with Pelosi to the motorcade.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The truce expired Friday at 7 a.m. local time, as Blinken and his entourage were preparing to board a motorcade taking them to the airport for departure to Dubai.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
The tragedy came nearly five years after Robert Sr.’s older brother John was assassinated while traveling in his presidential motorcade in downtown Dallas.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Kennedy, who had visited Fort Worth earlier in the day, was riding in a downtown Dallas motorcade that slowly made its way down Elm Street in Dealey Plaza a little after noon.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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motorcade
noun
mo·tor·cade
ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād
: a parade of motor vehicles
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