as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines

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Recent Examples of motorcade Camacho stopped his motorcade to pop out, shake hands and pose for selfies with supporters. Isabel Debre, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025 Trump, 79, was photographed getting into a motorcade with grandchildren Kai Trump, 18, and Spencer Trump, 12, on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Aug. 30, ahead of a family golf trip. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Only five years earlier, Hill had rescued Jacqueline Kennedy in a moving limousine after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a Dallas motorcade. Andy Rose, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025 Sirens blared as the motorcade whizzed down Pennsylvania Avenue. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade
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Noun
  • But their insect-like movements hint at a future where fleets of miniature robots could glide across water, performing tasks once too dangerous or delicate for humans.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Among the fleet of superyachts in the harbor, Loewe lives up the cliché of looking fast while sitting still.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The deadliest attack on the press recorded by the CPJ was the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines, in which 32 journalists were among those killed when a convoy was ambushed.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
  • During one such mission last month, a Chinese coast guard ship collided with a Chinese navy destroyer as the two vessels pursued a Philippine supply convoy.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those include gatherings like funeral processions, picket lines that do not disrupt vehicle or foot traffic, educational activities and parades or public assemblies contained within corporate boundaries.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Parked nearby is a grocery cart filled with his worldly processions.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • October through the end of the year marks peak tourist season in the Florida Keys, anchored by Fantasy Fest and holiday parades.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The Detroit Free Press has won 10 Pulitzer Prizes — with the first coming in 1932 for our coverage of a huge parade during an American Legion convention.
    Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorcade. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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