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Recent Examples of landau
The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
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Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
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Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 May 2024
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
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Daniel Pund,
Car and Driver,
25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
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Keith Barry,
WIRED,
12 Apr. 2010
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
—
Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 May 2024
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
—
Daniel Pund,
Car and Driver,
25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
—
Keith Barry,
WIRED,
12 Apr. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landau
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Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
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An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
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The Polestar 5 sedan and Polestar 6 roadster the company also had in the works will likewise not reach American shores.
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But the production version of that car—a two-seat electric roadster inspired by the brilliant, original Audi TT of the late 1990s—won’t arrive until later in 2027.
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Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
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The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
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The Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guareña, has turned up a remarkable specimen, an extraordinary bronze votive chariot, the likes of which has never been uncovered in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Like watching a chariot crash with a rider named Oedipus.
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Built into the cliffs, the casual beach club had rows of umbrellas and chaises with plenty of places to swim.
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Martha moved the antique wicker chaise below out to her driveway and sprayed it dusty rose to match the bedroom's walls.
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Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay.
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The 1934 Packard LeBaron all-weather cabriolet was designed to be driven by a chauffeur.
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The coupe will start at $272,650 and the cabriolet at $286,650, an increase of around $30,000 and $40,000, respectively.
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Police do not believe the cab was carrying any passengers at the time of the crash.
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That's in part because the Slate pickup comes exclusively in two-seat single-cab form, a fact that should only further endear it to wistful lovers of classic small pickups.
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“Landau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landau. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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