SUV
noun
plural SUVs
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : sport utility vehicle
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Four people were in the SUV, including two children, ages 5 and 12.
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S.e. Jenkins,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Steele’s video shows a black Jeep Cherokee pass his vehicle on the left shoulder, hitting the front of his vehicle and careening across lanes of traffic to strike Wright’s SUV.
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Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
23 June 2026
Consumers seem undaunted both by escalating new-vehicle transaction prices and their willingness to assume additional debt and for longer terms to drive off the lot in the car, truck or SUV of their dreams.
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Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
So if you’re put off by the bZ’s size, and are looking for something diminutive—and based on reader feedback, there are many of you out there—this small SUV will probably still fail to pass muster.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
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S.e. Jenkins,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Steele’s video shows a black Jeep Cherokee pass his vehicle on the left shoulder, hitting the front of his vehicle and careening across lanes of traffic to strike Wright’s SUV.
—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
23 June 2026
Consumers seem undaunted both by escalating new-vehicle transaction prices and their willingness to assume additional debt and for longer terms to drive off the lot in the car, truck or SUV of their dreams.
—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
So if you’re put off by the bZ’s size, and are looking for something diminutive—and based on reader feedback, there are many of you out there—this small SUV will probably still fail to pass muster.
—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
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“SUV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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