as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
this old bus is still running—but barely
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Recent Examples of bus
Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Young is a player teams would love to have come off the bus first.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Mandated busing to townships ended in 2016, when the busing order ended.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 5 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Bingham asks him to cancel his plans and jump in the bus for the week instead.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Young is a player teams would love to have come off the bus first.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
Without it, he would be forced to travel by foot or bus toward the Guatemalan border—a dangerous route where criminal groups target migrants.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Mandated busing to townships ended in 2016, when the busing order ended.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bus
Noun
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Or in the unassuming Chinese mansions found down nondescript alleys of car parts and old lanterns in central Talat Noi.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Lopez sped along Savannah streets, with the ICE agents in pursuit, until colliding with another car driven by a schoolteacher at a busy intersection.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The neighborhood/area The hotel’s stretch of A1A isn’t the most interesting so most guests opt to either keep to the property’s upscale amenities, cab it to South Beach (which is 15 minutes away), or go north to the chichi enclaves of Surfside and Bal Harbour for shopping and dining.—
Sara Liss,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
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The starting price for the 3500 chassis cabs $49,285 including delivery charge, about $1,700 less than the 2024 model.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Apartments and condos are available for retirees to rent at a low price, and most residents get around on motorbikes or golf carts, saving the expense of an automobile.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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As automobile production transformed Detroit into one of the wealthiest industrial cities in the country, fortunes made in manufacturing financed the construction of grand estates throughout neighborhoods such as Palmer Woods and Boston-Edison.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But just months into walking away from his writing métier, Winslow discovered, somewhat to his surprise, the same creative urgings that long served to motor his craft.—
Fred Schruers,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Once chewed up by the machine of expectation and found guilty of the eternal athletic sin of having too much talent too soon, Liu has since learned how to spit back rather than be spit out.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Then, a machine-learning system decodes the visual patterns back into digital data.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch said via X that the seizure from the sleek, low-riding boat with three visible motors brought the weekly total to nearly 11 tons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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But please don’t stop complaining about the numerous kids who abuse traffic laws while riding dangerously on e-bikes.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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While older torque vectoring systems use the brakes to balance power between wheels, Audi’s setup here is active, using an electric motor actuator to make huge power deltas between the left and right wheels if necessary.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Wrestling royalty and two-time NCAA national champion at Iowa State, Dan Gable coached at Iowa from 1976 to 1997 after his competitive career ended.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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Petrosian is coached by Eteri Tutberidze, the controversial and prolific women's coach whose many former charges include Kamila Valieva — the Russian skater who was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics over a doping scandal.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bus. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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