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notchback

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Recent Examples of notchback Rare notchback four-door sedans lack the cargo capacity and standout shape of the two- and four-door hatches. — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023 The coupe-like roofline swoops low over the cockpit without pausing for a notchback trunk, allowing for a big liftgate in the rear. — Jason Fogelson, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021 Little Red and a later car, unofficially known as the Green Hornet, were the only two Shelby GT 500 notchback coupes of their era, each sporting a snazzy vinyl roof. — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018

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Once again, the fastback Coupe becomes the more-fashionable choice, while trading nearly 20 percent of the standard model’s rear cargo space and a touch of rear headroom.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
For just under $30,000 total, customers can get a basic SUV in a fastback or squareback style.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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Deputies later found Pelosi's brown convertible nearby with damage to the front-right side, which was consistent with damage found on the parked car.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Shortly after, deputies found a California Highway Patrol vehicle parked behind the convertible, which the Sheriff’s Office stated was partially blocking the roadway.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of convertible

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Coolers are also allowed as long as they are attached to a wagon.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
In Netflix’s new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, the Ingalls family’s journey from Wisconsin to Independence, Kansas, is off to a rocky start when the wagon carrying them nearly overturns in a river.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

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In the driver’s seat of his parked SUV, Lamonte Watkins was shot in the head.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
An unmarked Immigration and Customs Enforcement car stopped in front of the SUV to block its path, while other law enforcement vehicles parked behind it, according to surveillance video obtained by CNN affiliate WGAL.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of SUV

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That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Bittersweet Nightshade Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) is a woody weed in the nightshade family, a family of plants notorious for its toxicity.

— David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 17 July 2026

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