Examples of jeepney in a Sentence
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Commuters face long lines to cram onto crowded buses, trains, and jeepneys.
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Bernice Beltran, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
The inspiration behind the vehicle comes from the Filipino jeepneys.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
In an effort to streamline transportation, the government is requiring jeepney operators to surrender their individual franchises to larger cooperatives, and replace traditional jeepneys with more energy-efficient vehicles.
—Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
The landslide swept away three buses and a jeepney carrying miners and buried a village, according to authorities.
—Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Across the interior roof of Bear’s jeepney is a mural of the American Midwest dappled with tractors, cattle and farmland — vestigial from its former owners, who used the jeepney to shuttle customers around their property in Minnesota.
—Gaby Wilson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
Not every jeepney operator has been as lucky as the Tabing family.
—Jason Gutierrez, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
In 2022, these are broadly universal feelings, but presented alongside the jeepney, their acute relevance to Filipinos around the world emerges in relief.
—Gaby Wilson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
In Manila, Raymond Manaog, 29, who drives the colorful Philippine mini-bus known as a jeepney, complains that inflation — and especially the rising price of diesel — is forcing him to work more to get by.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
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Bernice Beltran, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
The inspiration behind the vehicle comes from the Filipino jeepneys.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
In an effort to streamline transportation, the government is requiring jeepney operators to surrender their individual franchises to larger cooperatives, and replace traditional jeepneys with more energy-efficient vehicles.
—Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2024
The landslide swept away three buses and a jeepney carrying miners and buried a village, according to authorities.
—Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Across the interior roof of Bear’s jeepney is a mural of the American Midwest dappled with tractors, cattle and farmland — vestigial from its former owners, who used the jeepney to shuttle customers around their property in Minnesota.
—Gaby Wilson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
Not every jeepney operator has been as lucky as the Tabing family.
—Jason Gutierrez, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
In 2022, these are broadly universal feelings, but presented alongside the jeepney, their acute relevance to Filipinos around the world emerges in relief.
—Gaby Wilson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
In Manila, Raymond Manaog, 29, who drives the colorful Philippine mini-bus known as a jeepney, complains that inflation — and especially the rising price of diesel — is forcing him to work more to get by.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
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“Jeepney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeepney. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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