V-8

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Recent Examples of V-8 Instead, Lamborghini will stick with hybrid power for the next-generation Urus, which currently makes 789 brake horsepower from a V-8 and an electric motor. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 8 July 2025 The new investment is in addition to $888 million recently announced for the next-generation V-8 engine Tonawanda Propulsion plant near Buffalo, New York. Sandy Mazza, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Primm Valley did not provide information on what would happen to the Desperado or attractions inside the hotel such as the famed Bonnie & Clyde V-8 Ford, which the outlaws were riding in when they were fatally shot. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 The ultra-high-performance model, which debuted in 2023 at the very tail end of the third-generation Challenger’s lifecycle, added a 3.0-liter supercharger to the original Demon variant’s 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for V-8
Recent Examples of Synonyms for V-8
Noun
  • Any example of the gorgeous coupe that hits the market is noteworthy, but this one, despite being over a decade old, has only 4,400 miles on the odometer.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Unlike the coupe, the top comes off and tucks neatly away beneath a nearly seamless decklid that doesn't interfere with the sharp overall packaging.
    Alex Kalogiannis, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The world’s top-selling car maker also cut by 16% its forecast for full-year operating profit, reflecting challenges for global manufacturers grappling with rising costs from US levies on cars, parts, steel and aluminum.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There are conveniences to not having to get into a car to drive to the valley and sit in traffic.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In 1965, lawyer and advocate Ralph Nader published Unsafe at Any Speed, detailing safety concerns about automobiles.
    Time, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • These higher costs reduce the profitability of domestic businesses across a diverse array of industries including automobiles and pharmaceuticals.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, board members spent thousands on high-end hotels and limousine services, according to the Daily Southtown.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • Travel expense reports from 2024 show board members regularly used limousine services to go to and from the airport when traveling on the district’s dime, and have indulged in steak dinners sometimes for $300 a person on one meal.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • Almeida-Colella is charged with possession of facsimile firearm, weapons in a motor vehicle and interfering with an officer and is being held on a $250,000 bond.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Before the motor vehicle homicide conviction, Cooper faced charges stemming from two incidents in 2013.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Enable auto updates wherever possible to avoid missing critical patches. 7.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Toyota’s hybrid-rich lineup is the auto industry’s broadest and strongest, but the world’s largest and richest automaker seemed to be dragged kicking and screaming into taking EVs seriously.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities said Hicks fled to his car, a tan sedan, where school security detained him and he was placed in a school security vehicle.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The small group of protesters spent an hour waving signs at cars traveling along U.S. Route 31 in Miami County north of Indianapolis, which spurred regular choruses of honks from semi-trucks to sedans.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Pricing context: The mini launched at $99 and has held close to that level.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Device prototypes use a roughly 7-inch horizontal display, approaching the size of an iPad mini.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025

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“V-8.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/V-8. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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