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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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration previously opened four investigations into the Ocean, including one triggered by owner complaints that the SUV’s automatic emergency braking system randomly triggered.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
On the way to the police SUV, though, Robinson began to argue with Nutt about his warrant status and pull away from the officers.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
In 2021, golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured when his SUV crashed into a median and rolled over several times on a steep road in suburban Los Angeles.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Read, 44, of Mansfield, Mass., is accused of backing her Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022, while intoxicated, and leaving him to die in the snow, prosecutors allege.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
In footage the sheriff’s office released Friday, a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt walks up to the victim, who is standing by a white SUV parked next to the fuel pumps and stabs him with a knife.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Jeep is bringing its first electric vehicle to the U.S.
The automaker, on Thursday, debuted the Wagoneer S, a fully electric SUV that will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada later this year—and other worldwide markets in the following months.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Design: As Elegant as Ever Mercedes-Benz has restyled the entire GLE SUV lineup for the 2024 model year.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
In New York today, Jeep unveiled its first fully electric SUV for the North American market.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024
Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
On the way to the police SUV, though, Robinson began to argue with Nutt about his warrant status and pull away from the officers.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
In 2021, golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured when his SUV crashed into a median and rolled over several times on a steep road in suburban Los Angeles.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
Read, 44, of Mansfield, Mass., is accused of backing her Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022, while intoxicated, and leaving him to die in the snow, prosecutors allege.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
In footage the sheriff’s office released Friday, a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt walks up to the victim, who is standing by a white SUV parked next to the fuel pumps and stabs him with a knife.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Jeep is bringing its first electric vehicle to the U.S.
The automaker, on Thursday, debuted the Wagoneer S, a fully electric SUV that will go on sale in the U.S. and Canada later this year—and other worldwide markets in the following months.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Design: As Elegant as Ever Mercedes-Benz has restyled the entire GLE SUV lineup for the 2024 model year.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
In New York today, Jeep unveiled its first fully electric SUV for the North American market.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024
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