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Not just any type of bus, but a marshrutka—a crowded, rumbling, claustrophobic Soviet holdover minibus, solidly built with steel girding and equally lacking in shock absorbers and seat padding.—Irene Zabytko
may 7, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 In October 2013, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 13 people.—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 The company has just shared the preliminary details of this classy new plug-in minibus.—New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026 For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the true adventurer will want to seek out the untrodden sands of southern Algeria.—Henry Haselock, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minibus