as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade The motorcade typically consists of a dozen or so vehicles including police on bikes and the president's own armored car, The Beast. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Erika Kirk also waived to supporters from the motorcade with a cross in hand. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025 After the plane touched down, a motorcade stood ready to escort Kirk's casket to Hansen Mortuary Chapel near Seventh Street and Northern Avenue. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025 Sirens blared as the motorcade whizzed down Pennsylvania Avenue. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • Calderhead focuses on the British tactic, enacted two days after the initial attack, of moving their fleet into Flushing Bay to anchor for the night.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The successful trial marks the first time a naval variant of the IRIS-T family missile has been launched at sea, paving the way for serial introduction across the fleet.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Producer and colleague Monika Evstatieva and I were in that convoy, took small arms fire, but were unharmed.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Live video showed a convoy of five Red Cross vehicles carrying the remaining hostages leaving Khan Younis in southern Gaza, to the cheers of onlookers and surrounded by Hamas officers.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His family said their final goodbyes to him during an emotional funeral procession on July 30, which took place in Birmingham.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, there will be workshops, two processions, altar displays, and Muertos Mercado (an artisan market).
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
    NPR, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in Manhattan, watched by millions around the country on TV every year, has cemented the brand’s place in American culture.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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