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noun

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Recent Examples of convoy
Verb
New Glasgow's town crier James Stewart recounted the story: During World War I, Halifax ported ships that were getting ready to convoy across the Atlantic. Emily D'alessandro, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2021 There are two types of pieces—armies and fleets—which can typically only do three things: move, hold still, or support another piece to move or hold (fleets can also convoy with armies to move them across bodies of water). William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
Noun
During that time, Israel will withdraw from the Gaza Strip’s most populated regions and allow aid convoys in. Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025 Garbage trucks, including one featuring a poster cutout of Patrick Mahomes, took down Grand Avenue as part of a convoy of city vehicles traveling the parade route as streets remained closed. Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for convoy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoy
Verb
  • Vaquero was escorted off the flight and charged by complaint.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, she was escorted in shackles to the visitation room, where plexiglass separated them.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The closest the Chinese flotilla came to Guam was 559 miles.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Heather severely wounds Vic with a chessboard to the head before Slater's bodyguard Stan (Cris Costa) shoots her.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The assailant, Shane Stant, was hired by Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt, to break her right knee.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And these participants often accompanied their criticism by saying that athletes strayed from their role as entertainers.
    Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Jazz musician Jon Batiste will perform the national anthem, accompanied in American Sign Language by actress Stephanie Nogueras.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The strapless navy gown featured a sweetheart neckline embellished with black crystals.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
  • To the south in the Indian Ocean, the Indian navy has strengthened its presence as Beijing expanded its maritime activities.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Their defenders were chasing him around screens with an extra level of ferocity.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Vientos and Alonso don’t exactly rate high defensively, but Vientos made tremendous improvements last season when playing every day at the hot corner, and Alonso is a solid enough defender that the Mets don’t worry about first base.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The Biden administration did not grant the state federal permission to enact its Advanced Clean Fleets regulations, which would have phased out sales of diesel big-rig trucks to fleet operators.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • According to a press release from the Clovis Police Department, the chase began just after 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, after an officer on patrol near the Fowler and Alluvial avenues noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Coast Guard cutter Campbell returned to its port on Monday in Newport, Rhode Island, after a patrol mission through the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean that lasted 63 days.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025

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“Convoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoy. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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