convoys 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of convoy

convoys

2 of 2

noun

plural of convoy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for convoys
Verb
  • Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Each year, the flotillas have been intercepted by the Israeli army.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Previous attempts by activist flotillas to break the blockade have largely failed and sometimes sparked deadly clashes, including during the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla raid.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Taylor – who scored three touchdowns – was regularly easing past defenders, including going untouched into the end zone.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the Dolphins could be open to trading one or more of their edge defenders.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An advertisement for the Résonance, which Francis Ford Coppola saved and was later found by his wife, leading to the gift, accompanies the watch, Boutros says.
    Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The murder led to a wave of support for the governor's killer, Mumtaz Qadri, one of Taseer's bodyguards, who was hailed by some as a hero and defender of Islam.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His bodyguards came back and told him the convoy would not be able to pass.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The bill would further require aircraft operators to equip their fleets with ADS-B in by 2031.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, aging aircraft fleets and a wave of retirements have created an urgent demand for new technicians.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Biggest strike ever The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said the daily pickets at 19 hospitals and clinics across the two-state region would be their largest ever strike against Kaiser.
    Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.
    Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The campaign included spearheading caravans and events across the country at significant personal risk.
    David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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