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automobiled

verb

past tense of automobile

as in drove

to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Stocks posted a comeback one day after the Fed's decision to raise rates by a quarter percentage point — with the suggestion of at least one more rate increase this year — drove major market averages sharply lower Wednesday.

— Justina Lee,Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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