minibus

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Recent Examples of minibus Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for the private paramedic service ALS Paramedics, told The Associated Press that 11 were dead and several people were critically injured, including the driver of the minibus, who was trapped in the wreckage. Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026 According to witnesses, the minibus carrying the children was reportedly overtaking other stationary vehicles when the head-on collision occurred, per the news agency. Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026 The minibus passed the House 397-28 and the Senate 82-15. Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026 The House passed the first minibus, comprising the Commerce, Justice, and Science, Energy and Water, and the Interior and Environment bills, last week. Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minibus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minibus
Noun
  • In school bus surveillance video provided to ABC News by the Hancock County School District, five Hancock Middle School students can be seen working as a team to stop the bus and assist Taylor.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Skogsbakken said the funding will be used to make sure Pace’s bus shields comply with specs dictated by the new transit legislation, which include requirements that shields stretch from floor to ceiling.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Like other collectible alternative assets, such as fine art, rare watches and classic cars, cask investing is a high-risk, speculative, long-term bet on a largely unregulated, illiquid asset.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Vonblum says only four stops in the city qualify — and that all other stops near bus lanes are ineligible because the lanes can also be used by turning cars and by bicycles.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The minivan-sized drop model includes the spacecraft's avionics system, which can autonomously control the parafoil once deployed.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 May 2026
  • After decapitating the body, Kennedy tied the head to the top of the family's minivan with a bungee cord, making for a less-than-pleasant five-hour drive back home to Mount Kisco, New York, according to her recollection.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The senior catcher/outfielder leads by example, according to Joliet Catholic coach Jared Voss, who pointed to Martin working extra hard to get the tarp fastened down on the field after Monday’s East Suburban Catholic Conference game with Marist was postponed due to rain.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
  • Elsewhere, the Bucks have already filled their opening after the departure of Doc Rivers, a former Magic coach, with the hiring of Taylor Jenkins.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Batangas is a tough place to run: The roads don’t have shoulders; there are dogs everywhere; jitneys screech by.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022
Noun
  • The fantasy of a sunny, suburban Los Angeles was explicitly an automobile-centric one—there was no room for the Red Cars.
    Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • There had been ostentatious boats before — automobile millionaire Henry Dodge had commissioned the luxurious but smaller SS Delphine in the 1920s — but Onassis brought floating plutocratic potency into a whole new age.
    Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Celebrities don their Met Gala finest and exit through a throng of onlookers into a car (or, more often, a sprinter van) to the museum.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 5 May 2026
  • Horner told a false story about hitting the little girl with his van and then strangling her in a panic, according to testimony of the case’s lead investigator, Texas Ranger Job Espinoza.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The one bullet that subsequently struck him bounced off the doorframe of his limousine as he was being shoved in headfirst by the Secret Service.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Literally, Not OK with Alexis Waters podcast host also drank tequila in her bridal suite and limousine.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Minibus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minibus. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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