minivan

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Recent Examples of minivan Photos from the scene show that the front of the red minivan was crushed after striking multiple objects and victims. Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Need seven seats without going full minivan? Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Herby Dufresne, 30, whom the Florida Highway Patrol identified as the driver of the minivan that slammed into the 18-wheeler, killing himself and two passengers, had moved from South Florida to Indiana in hopes of finding work, said Livenson Pierre, a friend of Dufresne who lives in Canada. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025 The motorcycle struck the minivan, and both the motorcyclist and passenger were thrown from the motorcycle. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minivan
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Noun
  • About 18 vehicles, including a number of rare barn find cars, were auctioned from the collection.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The details that remained were the reckless arrival of the yellow and brown minibus as our long line of schoolchildren filed down NTC Road, marching toward the YMCA for Sports Friday.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On Saturday, two people died and 16 were wounded when a Russian drone hit a minibus in the suburbs of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.
    SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • According to Mercedes-Benz' website, a brand-new 2025 G-Class SUV — or G-Wagon, as it's often called — can range in price from $148,250 to $186,100, depending on the model.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Positioned squarely in the mid-size SUV segment, the G7 offers spacious seating, advanced driver-assist features, and triple Turing AI chips that enable L3-level computing power.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In February, more than 40 people were killed in southern Mexico when a bus traveling to Tabasco from the tourist city of Cancun hit a trailer truck and caught fire.
    Lizbeth Diaz, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many leading automobile companies, like Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki, have already declared price cuts, passing on the benefits of the tax cuts to customers.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But consider our electric lights, our automobiles, our refrigerators and washing machines, our televisions, our computers and smartphones.
    Alan Lightman September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Under the tutelage of head coach Dawn Sullivan since 2023, the Tigers (3-1) have seen a resurgence in volleyball.
    Brady Shanahan, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Lalas is calling for head coach Mauricio Pochettino's head, and that the team needs a new coach and direction.
    Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The firm has been trialing its electric vehicles in various cities over the last couple of years, and inaugurated an assembly and testing plant in Hayward, California, to produce 10,000 vans annually that Zoox itself will own and operate.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Luck's Rescue, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, posted CCTV footage of the moment a dog eagerly jumped out of a white van, expecting a walk.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But by mid-2020, the commissioner appeared to have fallen off the wagon, according to political insiders around him.
    Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty years later, Volvo revived the V90 wagon for 2017 as a companion to the 2017 Volvo S90 flagship sedan.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025

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