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Recent Examples of motorcadesLindsey Graham always had a deep appreciation for earpieces, motorcades, and heavily secured environments.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2026 Tianzhu was one of the most visible sporting venues in China, sitting just off an airport route heavily traveled by motorcades carrying the country’s top leaders.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
14 July 2026 Eventually, one by one, the distinguished company slipped back into waiting motorcades.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
7 July 2026 No road closures are scheduled, but high traffic volume, motorcades, special vehicles and thousands of pedestrians milling about downtown will be just as prohibitive.—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026 Officials say travelers should plan ahead, remain flexible and anticipate occasional disruptions, including possible motorcades for VIP guests.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
15 June 2026 Hassan has one of the continent’s longest motorcades.—Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026 Advertisement The hierarchy of the event was also hard to miss, with homeless people reportedly evicted from the road leading to the venue and VIP motorcades shutting down the city with little regard for its residents.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026 The corps accompanied motorcades and served as messengers.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
24 Nov. 2025
The Minnesota Trucking Association represents nearly 500 fleets statewide.
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Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
17 Sep. 2026
That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.
The exemption is designed to apply to cars used primarily in shows, parades, charitable functions and historical exhibitions.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the city of Chicago to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend at the city’s signature parades and festivals.
Critics have a long list of concerns with the project, ranging from the financial cost to the impact on nearby funeral processions to questions of vehicle, pedestrian and aviation safety.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
4 Sep. 2026
Other years devolved into long single-file processions where the handful of surviving cars simply tried to avoid becoming the next caution.