minivan

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Recent Examples of minivan After impact a red minivan ended up on its side near 30th and Girard in Brewerytown. Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Toyota has clearly learned a lot from the Sienna minivan and incorporates as much of that experience as possible here. New Atlas, 6 June 2026 In 2009, 36-year-old Diane Schuler drove her minivan in the wrong direction on the Taconic State Parkway, resulting in a catastrophic collision with an SUV that killed herself, her daughter, three nieces, and three people in the other vehicle. James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 The Southern California congresswoman was known for driving a minivan and dressing down CEOs with a white board exposing their financial excesses. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for minivan
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Noun
  • In Mississippi, Highway 49 was covered with up to three feet of water, stranding cars, local officials reported to the weather service.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Police say the woman was standing outside her home when a group in a car approached her.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • About half an hour later, a minibus with Moldovan license plates slammed into a truck that stopped on the highway following the first accident.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Johannesburg — More than 10 suspects got out of a minibus and moved through a poor neighborhood near South Africa's biggest city while shooting at residents in a late-night attack that killed at least 12 people and wounded nine others, police said Wednesday.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Four people were in the SUV, including two children, ages 5 and 12.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The range-topping version of the company’s flagship SUV looks awfully similar to the Ferrari Purosangue and features a dual-motor powertrain that makes 990 hp.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Gonzalez said a summary of the incident did not indicate that any occupants, other than the driver, were on the bus at the time of the crash.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
  • The company has also added stations to inspect class six and eight commercial trucks and buses along with new cameras for interior inspections for all vehicles.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • With huge bulging wheel arches and a predatory prowling front end, the M Concept is instantly recognizable as a high-performance automobile, like a sedan that’s been working out at the gym and hasn’t skipped the protein supplements either.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 June 2026
  • For businesspeople, institutional investors, consumers with credit card or automobile debt, or anyone or anything else — for you — understanding the Fed is important.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • The trade comes after years of uncertainty surrounding Milwaukee's direction following the departure of championship-winning head coach Mike Budenholzer in 2023 and caps a steady decline that culminated in the Bucks missing the 2026 playoffs.
    Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • University of Michigan men's basketball coach Dusty May is leaving for the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job, two sources confirmed to CBS News Texas Monday morning.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Incel ideology tied to past attacks Incel ideology has been linked to other mass killings in Canada, including the 2018 Toronto van attack, when a perpetrator who identified as an incel drove down a crowded sidewalk and deliberately killed 10 people.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • As of last year in California, nearly one in four new trucks, buses and vans were zero-emission.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The wagons fell about 5 meters (16 feet) from the bridge, dpa said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • Walkers and wheelchairs mingled with strollers and wagons where youths were carted around.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

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“Minivan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minivan. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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