sport-utility vehicle

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Recent Examples of sport-utility vehicle Footage of a man dragging his tumbling and helpless dog behind his sport utility vehicle through the streets of eastern San Diego County created such a fervor that the accused turned himself in, authorities recently announced. Andrew J. Campa follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025 Subaru sport utility vehicles and Tesla electric vehicles awaiting shipment are parked at a port on July 07, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. Erin Doherty, CNBC, 9 July 2025 Prosecutors argued that the 45-year-old Read hit O'Keefe, 46, with her sport utility vehicle before driving away, but the defense maintained that he was killed inside the home and later dragged outside. Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025 Sacramento police investigators are still working to determine how the 36-year-old mother of four became fatally pinned between her sport utility vehicle and another car in a shopping center’s parking lot on Rush River Drive in Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood Tuesday evening. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sport-utility vehicle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sport-utility vehicle
Noun
  • Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Porsche brand logo as lettering can be seen on the rear of a vehicle from the sports car manufacturer Porsche in Munich (Bavaria) on April 6, 2025.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • During the finale, Carrie received a phone call from Samantha, who was seen in the backseat of a town car.
    Stacy Lambe, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • This little town car is a version of the BYD Seagull which sells for less than $10,000 in China.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The road closure only impacts motor vehicles because there is still an outdoor pedestrian road between the terminals.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Court records show she also was convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol (OVI) after Goshen police pulled her over on March 2, 1996.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This includes passenger cars, vans, motorcycles, station wagons, SUVs, pick-up trucks and school buses.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • The original class of 30 physically disabled students — mostly with cerebral palsy — arrived on the campus, then on 33rd Street next to Anne Darling Elementary School, in a special bus and the school’s station wagon.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Lucid Motors As luxury electric vehicle company Lucid Motors prepares to launch its Gravity SUV in Europe, interim CEO Marc Winterhoff is bracing for a fast-approaching deadline in the United States and laying out his strategy for dealing with its after-effects.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The recall by Chrysler, issued on Thursday, includes 2022 to 2026 plug-in hybrid electric models of the SUV — affecting 91,787 vehicles.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 7 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
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
  • Also, the hatchback design provides more than 20 cubic feet of car space.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • When Nissan first introduced the LEAF in 2011, many saw it as a fairly straightforward, compact hatchback aimed at early electric vehicle (EV) adopters.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Sport-utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sport-utility%20vehicle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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